- Date
- December 8, 1990, 14:00 local (Dec 9, 1990, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Haleakla Nat Pk, HI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1113LMcdonnell Douglas 369D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901208053229A
- Case key
- 27076
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Probable cause
Fuel starvation due to the unporting of the fuel supply pick-up.
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 was attempting to upright an animal cage by pulling it over with a 'long line' attached to the helicopter. There was approximately 115 pounds of fuel in the helicopter's fuel tank. The power plant failed when the helicopter's nose raised during the tow. The helicopter landed hard collapsing the left rear landing gear strut and the main rotor blades impacted posts around the perimeters of the corral over which the helicopter was hovering. Duplicating the aircraft's pitch attitude and fuel load, at the time of the accident, revealed that the fuel pick-up point is un-ported at fuel quantity levels at or below 115 pounds.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1113L
- Reported as
- Mcdonnell Douglas 369D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 110837
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20B, 375 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 133
- Operator
- Paciffic Helicopter Tours
- Departed
- OGG · Kahului, HI
- Destination
- OGG
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 14,000 total · 8,000 in this make and model · 13,900 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °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 N1113L · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.