# Incident 19970822029669I: Bell 206B, Hanalei, HI, August 22, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 1997, 16:00 local time
- Place: Hanalei, HI
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: DDJA
- Location: 22.2038° N, 159.4977° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hanalei, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=22.2038&lon=-159.4977&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38SG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38SG-2008-03-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 250HP (registry code 03002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-250hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,833 total, 5,721 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970822029669I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WEATHER FOR THE PERIOD OF 3:00 PM TO 5:00 PM HST FOR THE AREA OF LIHUE KAUAI WAS REPORTED BY MR. JOHN MUKAI OF THE HNL NWS AS: 2000 SCATTERED, 4000 SCATTERED, 6000 BROKEN, 28,000 OVERCAST,  UNRESTRICTED VISIBILITY. THE PILOT DEPARTED ON A PART 91 TOUR FLIGHT WITH FOUR PASSENGERS WITHOUT HAVING THE REQUIRED FUEL IAW FAR 91.151(B). AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MINUTES INTO THE 55 MINUTE FLIGHT, THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED FUEL EXHAUSTION. AN AUTOROTATION AND FORCED LANDING WAS CONDUCTED TO KEE BEACH ON KAUAI (APPROX LIH 321 DEGREES @ 18 NM). NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES WERE INCURRED. NO PILOT DEVIATION NO NMAC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^    . THIS INCIDENT^PRIVACY DATA O^IS CLOSED.

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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