# Accident 19800301004079A: Bell 47G3B1, Templeton, CA, March 1, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 1980, 12:45 local time
- Place: Templeton, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 35.5560° N, 120.7182° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Templeton, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5560&lon=-120.7182&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3095G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3095G-1998-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-3B-1 (registry code 1181028, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-3b-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G3B1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,646 total, 101 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DVM16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVM16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800301004079A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AS PILOT TRIED TO AVOID POWERLINES BY DIVING UNDER  FLUSHED A FLOCK OF BIRDS. DISTRACTED PILOT. AIRCRAFT HIT GROUND

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 LAX80DVM16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVM16), Mar 1, 1980: Bell 47G3B1 (N3095G), Templeton, CA, substantial damage

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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