# Incident 19880825053419I: Bell 47G, North Myrtle Be, SC, August 25, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1988, 18:35 local time
- Place: North Myrtle Be, SC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: RINA
- Location: 33.8220° N, 78.7030° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Myrtle Beach, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8220&lon=-78.7030&mi=10
- Aircraft: N902Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G
- Reported engine: FRNKLN 6V335A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,811 total, 323 in this make and model, 109 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL88IA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88IA238) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880825053419I

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL ON A SIGHTSEEING COMMERCIAL FLIGHT. MADE HARD AUTOROTATION INTO OCEAN SURF. IMPACT CHOPPED TAILBOOM

## 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 ATL88IA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88IA238), Aug 25, 1988: Bell 47G (N902Z), N Myrtle Beach, SC, incident, minor damage

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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