- Date
- July 3, 2026, 12:10 local (17:10 UTC)
- Place
- Springtown, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7985ABell 47G
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Case key
- 203339
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7985A
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1022
- Built
- 1958
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airport
- 61TE · Kezer Air Ranch
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.05 inHg
- Observed at
- KAFW, 15 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KAFW 031653Z 18011KT 10SM FEW140 SCT250 33/19 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP158 T03330189 $
Other investigations on N7985A · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.