# Incident 20050413006029I: Bell 47D1, New Cumberland, PA, April 13, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 2005, 17:00 local time
- Place: New Cumberland, PA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2288° N, 76.8783° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Cumberland, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2288&lon=-76.8783&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4229A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4229A-2026-02-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47D1 (registry code 1180802, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-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: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 9,000 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050413006029I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 13, 2005, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OPERATED BELL HELICOPTER N4229A FROM CAPITAL CITY AIRPORT UNTIL THE ENGINE FAILED DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. HE PERFORMED AN AUTOROTATION TO THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE. HE DID NOT ENSURE ADEQUATE FUEL FOR THE INTENDED FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N4229A (2)

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

- [Incident 19910330015629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910330015629I), Mar 30, 1991: Bell 47D1 (N4229A), Butler, MD, Minor damage. Engine quit in flight. Entered autoratation and landed in field. Found two studs on NR1 cylinder were broken.
- [Accident 19900513015869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900513015869A), May 13, 1990: Bell 47D1 (N4229A), Baltimore, MD, Substantial damage. Rocked forward on skids at touchdown from practice autorotation. Main rotors flexed down and chopped tailboom.

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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