19811124075089A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hughes 369D · Deming, NM · November 24, 1981

Date
November 24, 1981 · 11:45 local
Place
Deming, NM
Airport
Deming
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1089N
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW82DQD04
Reported as
Hughes 369D
Reported engine
Allison 250C20B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
213 total213 in this make and model211 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Engine quit after completing powerline patrol due to fuel exhaustion. Chopped tail boom landing. Fuel gauge error.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT AFTER COMPLETING POWERLINE PATROL DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. CHOPPED TAIL BOOM LANDING. FUEL GAUGE ERROR.

NTSB investigation

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