ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 368961
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| Date: | Saturday 8 April 1989 |
| Time: | 12:10 LT |
| Type: |  Hughes 269B |
| Owner/operator: | Novo Helicopter Service |
| Registration: | N9456F |
| MSN: | 16-0233 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING HIO-360-A1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Long Beach, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | (KLGB) |
| (KLGB) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE FLT BEGAN WITH ABOUT 20 GAL OF FUEL IN THE ACFT'S 30 GAL FUEL TANK. ABOUT 1.7 HRS LATER, AS THE PLT WAS RETURNING TO LAND, HE REPORTED A 'SLIGHT FUEL SITUATION.' ABOUT 2 MIN LATER, THE ENG LOST POWER. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED AS THE PLT WAS MAKING AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A STREET ABOUT 1/4 MI FROM THE ARPT.
Probable Cause: IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT, WHICH LED TO AN INADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FUEL TO REACH THE AIRPORT AND SUBSEQUENT FUEL EXHAUSTION. THE PILOT'S LACK OF FLIGHT TIME IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF HELICOPTER WAS CONSIDERED TO BE A FACTOR.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX89LA152
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 24-Mar-2024 09:21 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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