19870610022049A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell TH-13T · Melvin, AL · June 10, 1987

Date
June 10, 1987 · 07:50 local
Place
Melvin, AL
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
ZMPG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N205PS
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL87DKG04
Reported as
Bell TH13T
Reported engine
Lycoming VO540B1B3
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,395 total600 in this make and model100 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.

The agricultural spray aircraft landed hard after engine failure due to fuel exhaustion.

As the FAA filed it

THE AGRICULTURAL SPRAY AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AFTER ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.

NTSB investigation

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