# Accident 20140530007829A: Garlick Helicopters Inc OH-58A+, Whitefield, ME, May 30, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2014, 14:45 local time
- Place: Whitefield, ME
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2019° N, 69.6044° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2019&lon=-69.6044&mi=10
- Aircraft: N650MH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N650MH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Garlick Helicopters OH-58A+ (registry code 3740006, https://openairdocs.org/model/garlick-helicopters-oh-58a-plus) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GARLICK HELICOPTERS INC OH-58A+
- Reported engine: ALLISON T63-A-720
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,691 total, 1,418 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14LA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA269) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140530007829A

## Narrative

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

INFORMATION IS PRELIMINARY AND IS TO SUBJECT UPDATE AND OR CHANGE.

THE PURPOSE OF THE CFR 91 FLIGHT WAS TO CONDUCT POWER LINE PATROL FOR BANGOR HYDRO.  THE PATROL TERMINATED AT BAR HARBOR AT WHICH POINT BANGOR HYDRO OBSERVER DISEMBARKED. THE PILOT WAS RETURNING TO HOME BASE IN WHITEFIELD, ME (ME59). FUEL GAUGE INDICATED 225-250 LBS OF FUEL ON BOARD. THE PILOT REPORTED ABOUT 20 MINUTES IN THE FLIGHT, THE MASTER CAUTION LIGHT FLICKERED AND FUEL GUAGE INDICATED 100-125 LBS OF FUEL. FIVE (5) MINUTES LATER, MASTER CAUTION FLICKERED AGAIN, FUEL GAUGE INDIACTED 50-100 LBS. THEN ABOUT 30 SECONDS LATER THE ENGINE FLAMED OUT. PILOT INDICATED HIS ALTITUDE WAS ABOUT WAS ABOUT 500 FT. AGL AND .9 MILES FROM THE HELIPAD. AT THIS POINT THE PILOT EXECUTED AN AUTOROTATION INTO THE SMALLEST TREES HE COULD FIND. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN THE UP RIGHT POSITION. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THIS STATEMENT WAS TAKEN VERBALLY VIA THE PHONE ON 05/31/2014. THE PILOT DID NOT PROVIDE A WRITTEN STATEMENT UNTIL ALMOST SEVEN DAYS LATER. HE INDICATED THE RESEASON WAS SO HE COULD HAVE THE AIRCRAFT OWNERS & PILOTS ASSOCIATION (AOPA) REVIEW HIS STATEMENT AND PROVIDE ADVISE.

THE PILOTS NTSB STATEMENT AND VERBAL ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT IN REGARDS TO THE TIME FRAME OF THE MASTER CAUTION LIGHTS AND WHEN ASKED WHY THEY DIFFERENT HE INDICATED" HE DID RECALL SAYING THAT" END.

## 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 ERA14LA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA269), May 30, 2014: Garlick Helicopters OH 58A+ (N650MH), Whitefield, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to land as soon as possible when the master caution warning light first illuminated as…

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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