# Accident 19800528017189A: Bell 47G3B2, Middleboro, MA, May 28, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1980, 06:30 local time
- Place: Middleboro, MA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 41.8932° N, 70.9112° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middleboro, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8932&lon=-70.9112&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2277W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2277W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-3B-2 (registry code 1181029, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-3b-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TVO-435-GIA (registry code 41526, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tvo-435-gia) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G3B2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,520 total, 13,490 in this make and model, 86 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80FNA12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FNA12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800528017189A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL ON START OF SPRAY RUN. CRASH LANDED IN A SWAMP.

## 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 NYC80FNA12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FNA12), May 28, 1980: Bell 47G (N2277W), Middleborough, MA, 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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