# Accident 19800605018269A: Bell 47G, Akron, OH, June 5, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1980, 20:50 local time
- Place: Akron, OH
- Airport: Canton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 41.0814° N, 81.5190° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Akron, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0814&lon=-81.5190&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68630 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,489 total, 4,019 in this make and model, 82 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEI24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEI24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800605018269A

## Narrative

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

AG PILOT DID NOT SEE WIRE AND HIT WIRE. LOST CONTROL OF HELICOPTER.

## 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 CHI80FEI24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEI24), Jun 5, 1980: Bell 47G (N68630), Middlebranch, OH, 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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