19951013043309I

Incident

FAA incident report · Bell 47G-2 · Ann Arbor, MI · October 13, 1995

Date
October 13, 1995 · 15:11 local
Place
Ann Arbor, MI
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N6776D
Reported as
Bell 47G2
Reported engine
Lycoming VO435A1F
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,400 total500 in this make and model30 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.

Narrative: the aircraft ran out of fuel most likely because an unknown quantity was illegally removed from the tank and the pilot failed to re-check the tanks upon departure. Aircraft successfully autorotated with no damage or injuries to persons or property.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL MOST LIKELY BECAUSE AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY WAS ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM THE TANK AND THE PILOT FAILED TO RE-CHECK THE TANKS UPON DEPARTURE. AIRCRAFT SUCCESSFULLY AUTOROTATED WITH NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY.