- Date
- June 19, 1984, 07:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Pine, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N73276Bell 47G-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840619029809A
- Case key
- 16407
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Aircraft preflight - inadequateCause
Fuel supply - inadequateCause
Refueling - not performedCause
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionFactor
Forced landing
Terrain condition - open fieldFactor
Autorotation - performedFactor
Analysis
The acft was forced to land after aprx 15 minutes flt time when the engine quit. The plt autorotated into an open field. According to the FAA only about 1 and 1/2 gallons of fuel remained in the acft fuel tanks. The plt said he put too much faith in the fuel gages. The acft has a fuel capacity of over 61 gallons, of which about 4 gallons are unusable.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73276
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-4
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 3135
- Airframe hours
- 600
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20B, 261 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ptarmigan Helicopters, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- 42CO · Evergreen, CO
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,500 total · 3,500 in this make and model · 3,000 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.