# N80SD: Bell 47G-3B-1, registration cancelled 2000-09-20

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: September 20, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Bell 47G-3B-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-3b-1) (registry code 1181028)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 2H3](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/2H3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 3679
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Certificate issued: August 18, 1997
- Last registry action: August 15, 2000
- Mode S code: AAE118
- Owner when cancelled: [Helfenberger Daniel E](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HELFENBERGER%20DANIEL%20E)
- Location: [Arlington, WA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WA/Arlington)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 48.2171° N, 121.9535° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 98223, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80SD
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=80SD
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80SD-2000-09-20

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Bell 47G-3B-1: https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-3b-1.md

## Service difficulty reports (1)

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

- [SDR 99ZZZX4106](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99ZZZX4106), Sep 27, 1999: FUEL CELL. CONTAMINATED. THE REFUELING TRUCK HOSE INTERNALLY DECOMPOSED LEACHING A GUM-LIKE RESIN INTO FUEL WITHIN THE HOSE. THE FUEL, WHEN PUMPED INTO AIRCRAFT'S FUEL TANK, WAS THEN FE

## NTSB investigations (1)

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.

- [NTSB SEA98LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA064), Apr 20, 1998: Bell 47G-3B-1 (N80SD), Sedro Wooley, WA, destroyed. Probable cause: Fuel contamination and subsequent carburetor fuel flow restriction initiated by the use of an improper material (incorrect fuel hose). A factor was the trees.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 19980420007229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980420007229A), Apr 20, 1998: Bell 47G3B1 (N80SD), Sedro Wooley, WA, Destroyed. Departing small clearing rotors hit trees. Had tried downwind climbout. Addmitted drank beer prior departure. (.4)the pilot and two passengers departed a small…

## Other aircraft with N80SD

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80SD): American Champion 7ECA, S/N 1397-2007, built 2005

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