# Accident 20010722038489A: Bell 47D1, Ballard, MO, July 22, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2001, 11:00 local time
- Place: Ballard, MO
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4347° N, 94.1092° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4347&lon=-94.1092&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17301, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17301-2012-08-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell World Helicopters 47D1 (registry code 118084V, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-world-helicopters-47d1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6V4 series (registry code 27033, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6v4-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47D1
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI01FA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01FA231) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010722038489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE STUDENT PILOT/HELICOPTER OWNER AND A PASSENGER WERE FERRYING THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE OWNER'S FARM IN TONGANOXIE, KANSAS, TO ROLLA, MISSOURI, WHERE IT WAS TO RECEIVE AN OVERDUE ANNUAL INSPECTION. IN THE VICINITY OF BALLARD, MISSOURI, ENGINE POWER WAS APPARENTLY LOST DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION AND THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A FARM FIELD, FATALLY INJURING BOTH OCCUPANTS. THEAIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AT APPROXIMATELY A 30-DEGREE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE, AND ROLLED INVERTED BEFORE COMING TO A REST. THE STUDENT PILOT/HELICOPTER OWNER HAD NEVER BEEN AUTHORIZED FOR SOLO. HIS PASSENGER HELD A STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN 1989 WITH ABOUT 25 FLIGHT HOURS (CATEGORY AND CLASS UNKNOWN). THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 20 NM SHORT OF ITS INTENDED FUEL STOP AT THE CLINTON MEMORIAL AIRPORT (GLY), CLINTON, MISSOURI. A BELL 47 EXPERIENCED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR LATER CALCULATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT LIKELY HAVE FLOWN THE DISTANCE FROM TONGANOXIE TO CLINTON (160NM) WITHOUT EXHAUSTING ITS FUEL SUPPLY.

## 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 CHI01FA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01FA231), Jul 22, 2001: World Helicopters 47D1 (N17301), Ballard, MO, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper preflight planning which resulted in fuel exhaustion, and the pilot's subsequent improper autorotation.

## Other reports on N17301 (2)

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

- [Accident 19920629039189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920629039189A), Jun 29, 1992: Bell 47D1 (N17301), Wenatchee, WA, Destroyed. Transition from hover to forward flight. Rotor speed decay. Tried land tail hit tree. Suspect carb icing.
- [Accident 19770514011179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770514011179A), May 14, 1977: Bell 47D1 (N17301), Enumclaw, WA, Substantial damage. Investigating overturned raft. Struck wires.

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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