# Accident 19880128003689A: Bell STC204, Stockton, AL, January 28, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1988, 17:45 local time
- Place: Stockton, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Operator: TOPL
- Location: 31.0008° N, 87.8738° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stockton, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0008&lon=-87.8738&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8514F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL STC204
- Reported engine: LYC T5313B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,515 total, 4,720 in this make and model, 219 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL88FA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88FA085) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880128003689A

## Narrative

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

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL88FA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88FA085), Jan 28, 1988: Bell 204B (N8514F), Stockton, AL, destroyed

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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