ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210726
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| Date: | Thursday 10 May 2018 |
| Time: | 17:45 |
| Type: |  Enstrom 280C Shark |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N67RE |
| MSN: | 1168 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5433 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming HIO-360-E1AD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Highway 287 and FM 309, Navarro county, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Mineola/Quitman-Wood County Airport, TX (KJDD) |
| Kerens, TX (63TX) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The helicopter had recently undergone some major maintenance, and the private pilot was picking up the helicopter to return to his residence. The helicopter departed for the accident flight with about 35 gallons of fuel onboard for the 1.5-hour flight. During the flight, the pilot noticed that the transmission and cylinder temperatures had increased. The pilot subsequently performed an off-airport landing in a field, kept the engine running, and waited for the temperatures to return to normal. After the temperatures returned to normal, the pilot departed. While maneuvering at 1,000 ft above ground level about 1.5 miles from his residence, the pilot heard a noise or “bang” sound. The engine then lost total power, and the pilot initiated an autorotation, during which the helicopter impacted trees and terrain and then came to rest upright.
Postaccident examination of the helicopter revealed no evidence of any preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions that would have precluded normal operation. The examination revealed that both fuel tanks were empty and that the fuel system was not breached. Given that the pilot conducted an unplanned landing and takeoff, he should have accounted for the extra fuel used as he managed the fuel in flight. However, he did not do so, and his inadequate in-flight fuel management likely led to the loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
Probable Cause: The total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and the pilot’s inadequate in-flight fuel management.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=67RE
Location
Media:
#BREAKING: Pilot Injured In Helicopter Crash In Navarro County: https://t.co/WJGQmzW3jX (Navarro County OEM - Twitter) pic.twitter.com/UCliUSHHRW
— CBSDFW (@CBSDFW) 10 mai 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-May-2018 02:40 | Iceman 29 | Added |
| 11-May-2018 02:42 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code] |
| 11-May-2018 13:51 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-May-2018 16:35 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Phase, Source] |
| 01-May-2019 09:17 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 01-May-2019 14:20 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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