- Date
- December 18, 1985, 08:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place
- Stone Mountain, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N9303FHughes 269B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851218065119A
- Case key
- 7046
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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
During ground refueling of the aircraft the fuel tank was over- filled and the fuel spilled over onto the ramp. The fuel was ignited and the aircraft was destroyed by fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9303F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 005
- Engine
- Lycoming HO-360D1A, 190 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bill Pirschel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 17, 1985
- Airport
- 40A · Britt
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,040 total · 325 in this make and model · 2,040 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9303F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.