- Date
- September 11, 1991, 08:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Iliamna, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N29JVHughes 369D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910911039779A
- Case key
- 5620
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Probable cause
Was fuel exhaustion due to the pilot-in-command's improper preflight planning. Contributing to the accident was the rough and uneven tundra landing site.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
While at 200 feet MSL, the engine quit and the helicopter crashed on the tundra. Examination of the helicopter fuel systems revealed the fuel tanks were empty.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29JV
- Reported as
- Hughes 369D (369-D)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 500715D
- Airframe hours
- 4,796
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20B, 420 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 133
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 30, 1991 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Johnson Creek, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13,704 total · 4,215 in this make and model · 13,653 as pilot in command · 251 in the last 90 days · 75 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.