- Date
- September 23, 1984, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Miss.Pal.St.Pk, IL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N90543Bell 47G-3B1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840923050569A
- Case key
- 12784
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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
The helicopter experienced a total loss of power aprx 2 minutes after takeoff. The plt performed an autorotation into trees as no suitable landing area was available. The 2 passengers on board stated the plt did not visually check the fuel quantity before takeoff. No fuel was found in the fuel tanks when examined by mechanics after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90543
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 3451
- Airframe hours
- 4,867
- Engine
- Lycoming TVO-435-B1A, 270 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jay Brent
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 23, 1984 · 71 hours before
- Departed
- SFY · Savanna, IL
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
- 29
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 833 total · 400 in this make and model · 533 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Observed at
- MLI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.