# Accident 19800504012549A: Bell 47G2, Panama City Bea, FL, May 4, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1980, 13:30 local time
- Place: Panama City Bea, FL
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2332° N, 85.8771° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Panama City Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2332&lon=-85.8771&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5185B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5185B-1989-06-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-2 (registry code 1181008, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,356 total, 27 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FKJ35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FKJ35) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800504012549A

## Narrative

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

DURING HOVER TURN ON TAKEOFF, HELICOPTER DEVELOPED NOSE HEAVY ATTITUDE. CRASHED. OVER GROSS WEIGHT AND OUT OF CG.

## 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 MIA80FKJ35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FKJ35), May 4, 1980: Bell 47G-2 (N5185B), Panama Cy Bch, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5185B (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19830703070369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830703070369A), Jul 3, 1983: Bell 47G2 (N5185B), Thomasville, IL, Substantial damage. Tail struck the ground while flaring to land. Pilot blames a wind gust. No gusts reported at nearby flight service

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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