- Date
- November 21, 1982, 15:59 local (23:59 UTC)
- Place
- Pasadena, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6324XBell 47D1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 72168
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
Fuel consumption calculations - misjudgedCause
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Fuel supply - not maintainedCause
Forced landing
Autorotation - performed
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Hard landing
Analysis
Aircraft engine quit while cruising to refueling port. A power off autorotation was made to a street. The rotor hit trees and result was a hard landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6324X
- Reported as
- Bell 47D1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- T610
- Airframe hours
- 51,643
- Engine
- Franklin VO-335, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles Rhodes
- Registered owner
- Charles Rhodes
- Departed
- C · Chino, CA
- Destination
- El Monte, CA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,032 total · 855 in this make and model · 845 as pilot in command · 131 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Temperature
- 154 °F