ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 296519
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 October 2002 |
| Time: | 19:10 LT |
| Type: |  Schweizer 269C-1 |
| Owner/operator: | Stinson Flight Center LLC |
| Registration: | N61463 |
| MSN: | 0003 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1993 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3238 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming HO-2360-C1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | San Antonio, Texas -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | San Antonio-Stinson Municipal Airport, TX (SSF/KSSF) |
| San Antonio-Stinson Municipal Airport, TX (SSF/KSSF) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The purpose of the flight was to provide night VFR cross-country navigation instruction to the student. The certified flight instructor (CFI) and student discussed the low fuel status while over flying one of the en route airports; however, elected to not refuel because neither pilot had a credit card. Subsequently, the helicopter's amber colored low fuel warning light illuminated, and a few minutes later the engine lost total power. An autorotation was performed, during which the helicopter impacted trees and landed hard. The CFI stated that a flight navigation log sheet was not used for the flight; however, during his preflight planning he estimated that the fuel burn rate was 10 gallons per hour at a cruise airspeed of 85 knots, and that the total fight time was going to be 90 minutes. According to an FAA inspector the normal plan cruise airspeed for this helicopter is 70 knots.
Probable Cause: the flight instructor's failure to refuel at an available airport when a low fuel status was identified. Factors were the flight instructor's inadequate preflight flight planning, which included improper fuel consumption calculations, the night light conditions, and the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW03LA013
History of this aircraft
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| 8 November 1980 | N9301F | Private | 0 | Guymon, Ok | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 14-Oct-2022 07:30 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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