# NTSB UNK67X0100: Bell 47G3B1, N73973, Janakpur, Nepal, October 5, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 5, 1966
- Place: Janakpur, Nepal · JANAKPUR, Nepal
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 120539
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK67X0100
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK67X0100

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0072   66/10/5 NR.JANAKPUR NEPAL     BELL 47G3B1         CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 5035
        TIME - 1415                    N73973              PX-  1  0  0  OTHER                     TOTAL HOURS, 134 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N73973](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73973-1968-09-30), registration cancelled 1968-09-30, S/N 2887, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G3B1
- Registry model: [Bell 47G-3B-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-3b-1) (registry code 1181028) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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