# Accident 20151124019009A: Hughes 369D, Carlisle, WA, November 24, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 2015, 09:30 local time
- Place: Carlisle, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.1478° N, 124.0719° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1478&lon=-124.0719&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50713, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N50713) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D (registry code 4470706, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-hughes-369d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369D
- Reported engine: ALLISION 250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,095 total, 184 in this make and model, 186 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR16LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151124019009A

## Narrative

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

ON 11/24/2015,^MR. KYLE FORTUNE^, PILOT OF N50713, WAS ENROUTE TO A JOB SITE NEAR CARLISLE, WA., FROM MENLO, WA., WHEN THE HELICOPTER ENGINE FLAMED OUT. ^MR FORTUNE^ PERFORMED AN AUTOROTATION. NO INURIES, THE AIRCRAFT HAS SUBSTANTIAN DAMAGE. FUEL WAS ADDED TO N50713, BEFORE DEPARTING THE MENLO AREA. THE PILOT REPORTED HE ADDED ABOUT 6 TO 7 GALLONS OF FUEL, THIS INDICATED ABOUT 250 POUNDS OF FUEL ON THE AIRCRAFT'S FUEL GAUGE.

## 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 WPR16LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA032), Nov 24, 2015: Hughes 369D (N50713), Carlisle, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power during cruise flight due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was the improper calibration of the fuel quantity gauge.

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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