19840923050569A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bell 47G-3B-1 · Savana, IL · September 23, 1984

Date
September 23, 1984 · 15:00 local
Place
Savana, IL
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N90543
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI84LA401
Reported as
Bell 47G3B1
Reported engine
Lycoming TVO435B1A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
833 total400 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Fuel exhaustion. Landed in trees. Failed to check fuel quantity after previous flight.

As the FAA filed it

FUEL EXHAUSTION. LANDED IN TREES. FAILED TO CHECK FUEL QUANTITY AFTER PREVIOUS FLIGHT.

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N90543 · 1

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