- Date
- May 16, 1978
- Place
- Memphis, TN · MEMPHIS, TN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1155WBell 47J-2A
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780516019809A
- Case key
- 142392
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1084 78/5/16 NR.MEMPHIS,TN BELL 47J-2A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 2210 TIME - 1445 N1155W PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1800 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MEMPHIS,TN LOCAL MARK TREE,AR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1155W
- Reported as
- Bell 47J-2A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1155WRegistration cancelled Sep 3, 2003 · Bell 47J-2AAirframe modelBell 47J-2AEngine modelLycoming VO-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.