# Incident 19910622043229I: Bell 47G5, Keystone, SD, June 22, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 1991, 15:00 local time
- Place: Keystone, SD
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8949° N, 103.4268° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Keystone, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8949&lon=-103.4268&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7089J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7089J-2017-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-5 (registry code 1181032, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-435-A1C (registry code 42197, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-435-a1c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G5
- Reported engine: LYC VO435B1A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,375 total, 7,316 in this make and model, 101 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910622043229I

## Narrative

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

FUEL STARVATION EN ROUTE. AUTOROTATED TO SAFE LANDING. LOW FUEL WARNING LIGHT DEFECTIVE.

## Other reports on N7089J (4)

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

- [Accident 20140812012689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140812012689A), Aug 12, 2014: Bell 47G-5 (N7089J), Mansfield, IL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. While in cruise on a southwest heading, the helicopter came into contact with the top cables on a set of highlines running northwest to southeast. The rotor…
- [Accident 19900611028359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900611028359A), Jun 11, 1990: Bell 47G5 (N7089J), Shell Knob, MO, Substantial damage. Photographing a boat on a lake flew into a powerline, reported blinded by sun and did not see unmarked powerlines.
- [Accident 19740712021759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740712021759A), Jul 12, 1974: Bell 47G5 (N7089J), Charlotte, NC, Substantial damage. MN rotor blade hit tail rotor drive shaft and tail boom.
- [Accident 19730603012149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730603012149A), Jun 3, 1973: Bell 47G5 (N7089J), Charlotte, NC, Substantial damage. Simulated forced ldg. Flared too late,t/r hit stump in tall grass.

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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