19880128003689A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bell STC204 · Stockton, AL · January 28, 1988

Date
January 28, 1988 · 17:45 local
Place
Stockton, AL
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
Operator
TOPL
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8514F
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL88FA085
Reported as
Bell STC204
Reported engine
Lycoming T5313B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,515 total4,720 in this make and model219 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Ran out of fuel returning to fuel barge. Autorotated into trees. No fuelilng gauge or record of fuel usage.

As the FAA filed it

RAN OUT OF FUEL RETURNING TO FUEL BARGE. AUTOROTATED INTO TREES. NO FUELILNG GAUGE OR RECORD OF FUEL USAGE.

NTSB investigation

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