# Accident 19800705025709A: Bell OH13H, Bixby, MN, July 5, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 1980, 08:30 local time
- Place: Bixby, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Power On Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 43.9444° N, 93.0971° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bixby, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9444&lon=-93.0971&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67083, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67083-2005-11-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell-Agri Helicopter 47G-2 (registry code 1180822, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-agri-helicopter-47g-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL OH13H
- Reported engine: LYC O43523
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 244 total, 13 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80DER52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DER52) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800705025709A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LET COPTER SETTLE WITH POWER AND COULD NOT RECOVER. HIT IN A FIELD. DESTROYED COPTER.

## 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 CHI80DER52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DER52), Jul 5, 1980: Bell OH-13 (N67083), Bixby, MN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N67083 (1)

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

- [Accident 20000831012529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000831012529A), Aug 31, 2000: Bell 47G2 (N67083), Springbrook, WI, No damage. (-23) Pilot was preparing to spray a potato field. He overflew the field on a northerly direction in order to approach field from the south. Said when he…

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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