- Date
- July 21, 1993, 19:40 local (Jul 22, 1993, 00:40 UTC)
- Place
- Elderon, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9010CBell 47G-3B-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930721024879A
- Case key
- 15761
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to refuel the helicopter.
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 pilot stated he finished spraying the field and 'departed...at 7:30 pm looked at my stop clock and determined adequate fuel was available. Engine quit at 7:37 pm.' Postaccident examination revealed no evidence of useable fuel in the helicopters fuel system. The engine was supplied with fuel and operated normally during an engine runup.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9010C
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-3B-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2904
- Airframe hours
- 4,485
- Engine
- Lycoming VO-435-A1F, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Central Wisconsin Helicopter
- Registered owner
- Central Wisconsin Helicopter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 13, 1993 · 39 hours before
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,100 total · 1,900 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AUW, 18 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.