ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 370035
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Date: | Wednesday 10 August 1988 |
Time: | 19:30 LT |
Type: | Bell 206B |
Owner/operator: | Ray Burney |
Registration: | N49727 |
MSN: | 1955 |
Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
Total airframe hrs: | 5700 hours |
Engine model: | Allison 250-C20B |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Sturgis, SD -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Sturgis, SD |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PLT WAS ON A FLT WITH 2 PAX TO TAKE PICTURES. HE STATED THAT 'WHILE IN LEVEL FLIGHT AT 120 MPH AND 300 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, A PITCH OVER WAS INITIATED FOR PICTURE TAKING. AT THAT MOMENT, IT APPEARED THAT THE FUEL FLOW CAVITATED. THE FORWARD FUEL PUMP WAS DETERMINED TO BE INOPERATIVE JUST BEFORE THE HELICOPTER TOUCHED DOWN, BY THE WARNING LIGHT AND THE AUDIO ENGINE WARNING HORN. A FULL SAFE AUTOROTATION WAS PERFORMED TO TOUCHDOWN IN A FIELD, 1/4 MILE FROM WHERE THE ENGINE QUIT. UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE HELICOPTER ROCKED FORWARD AND THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES STRUCK THE TAIL BOOM.' A POST-ACDNT INSPN VERIFIED THAT THE ELECTRICAL FUEL BOOST PUMP WAS INOP.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | DEN88LA180 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 10 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB DEN88LA180
History of this aircraft
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