# Incident 19860510026639I: Bell 47, San Diego, CA, May 10, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1986, 19:45 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9673Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9673Z-2018-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47D1 (registry code 1180802, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47d1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6V4 series (registry code 27033, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6v4-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47
- Reported engine: FRNKLN 6V335A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,354 total, 367 in this make and model, 154 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860510026639I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FUEL EXHAUSTED DURING SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT. UNEVENTFUL LANDING. FUEL GAUGE INOPERATIVE. AIRCRAFT OUT OF ANNUAL.

## Other reports on N9673Z (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19760101001579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760101001579A), Jan 1, 1976: Bell 47D1 (N9673Z), Capistrano, CA, Substantial damage. Anti-frost ctl. Lnd in lemon trees.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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