- Date
- May 1, 1982, 11:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- North Las Vegas, NV
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9336FHughes 269B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820501019459A
- Case key
- 72037
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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 pilot ran out of fuel and autorotated to a hard landing. He stated the low fuel warning light never came on. He was going to use this as a signal to refuel. This would give about 15 minutes of cruise flight. The low level warning switch wiring was found broken & disconnected.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9336F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 240030
- Airframe hours
- 473
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Harold D. Jones
- Registered owner
- Harold D. Jones
- Departed
- North Las Vegas, NV
- Destination
- North Las Vegas, NV
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
- 24
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 664 total · 178 in this make and model · 514 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 169 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9336F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.