# Accident 19800822037489A: Bell 47G5A, Norwalk, OH, August 22, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 1980, 13:45 local time
- Place: Norwalk, OH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 41.2446° N, 82.6089° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Norwalk, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2446&lon=-82.6089&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5235N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5235N-1993-12-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell-Campbell CH-G2 (registry code 118084F, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-campbell-ch-g2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G5A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,701 total, 960 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEI38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEI38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800822037489A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER RAN OUT OF FUEL AND CRASHED DURING AN AGRICULTURE SPRAY OPERATION.

## 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 CHI80FEI38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEI38), Aug 22, 1980: Bell 47 (N5235N), Norwalk, OH, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5235N (1)

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

- [Accident 19860718034559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860718034559A), Jul 18, 1986: Bell 47G2 (N5235N), Brooklyn Park, MN, Substantial damage. The engine failed from fuel exhaustion and the helicopter landed hard. The fuel gauge had been removed for repair.

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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