20060523010029A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 47G-5 · Soledad, CA · May 23, 2006

Date
May 23, 2006 · 07:00 local
Place
Soledad, CA
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
LSHG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4741R
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX06CA180
Reported as
Bell 47G5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,200 total310 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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(-23) Aircraft was flown until fuel exhaustion. Pilot failed to execute a safe landing from the subsequent autorotation, resulting in substantial damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN UNTIL FUEL EXHAUSTION. PILOT FAILED TO EXECUTE A SAFE LANDING FROM THE SUBSEQUENT AUTOROTATION, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N4741R · 1

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