- Date
- September 14, 1984, 11:38 local (16:38 UTC)
- Place
- Dallas, TX
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N49615Bell 206B II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840914062059A
- Case key
- 21149
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Acft made forced autorotative landing off arpt in a residential area which was congested. Acft developed a high sink rate in the autorotation and landed hard. The forced landing was due to fuel exhaustion. 45 gallons of fuel were added to the acft at 1226 CST on 9/13. Acft was then flown a ttl of 3.3 hrs during 2 flts, one on 9/13 and the accident flt. Both flts were flown by the same plt. Operator records show that a telephonic order for 25 gallons of fuel for N49615 was called in at 0943 on 9/14. Plt stated he placed this order thinking it would fill the tanks (75 gallon capacity). Plt departed dal without obtaining the fuel and arrived at ADS at 0950 where he related that the acft had not been fueled. Fuel was ordered at ADS but the plt canceled this order when pax arrived so as to expedite departure. Pax heard plt remark about low fuel and saw one fuel gage near 'e' before the loss of power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49615
- Reported as
- Bell 206B II
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1777
- Airframe hours
- 4,012
- Engine
- Allison 250 C-2O, 317 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Texas Pro Air Inc
- Registered owner
- F.G.R. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 10, 1984 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- ADS · Dallas, TX
- Destination
- DAL · Dallas, TX
- Airport
- DAL · Love
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
- 38
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3,075 total · 553 in this make and model · 2,950 as pilot in command · 190 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAL, 1 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.