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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell STC47 · Pine, CO · June 19, 1984

Date
June 19, 1984 · 07:30 local
Place
Pine, CO
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N73276
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN84LA187
Reported as
Bell STC47
Reported engine
Allison 250C20B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,500 total3,500 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Rellying only on fuel gauges resulted in fuel exhaustion and a hard emergency landing in a field.

As the FAA filed it

RELLYING ONLY ON FUEL GAUGES RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION AND A HARD EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.