- Date
- July 6, 1983, 20:40 local (Jul 7, 1983, 00:40 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Worth, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N366DJBell 47G-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830706059889A
- Case key
- 30795
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
At 2037 EDT, the plt called palm beach tower & reported that he was east of lantana arpt at 500 ft, inbound for a landing at the palm beach arpt. Aprx a min later, there was another call from helicopter stating that it was going down, out of fuel. During an emergency landing at dusk, the helicopter crashed in the front yard of a residence. During the landing, it struck the corner of a roof and a small tree. No preimpact, mechanical failure was found. Aprx 1/2 gal of fuel was found in the left fuel tank & about 1 pint was remaining in the right tank. The plt was not certificated to fly helicopters.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N366DJ
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 717
- Engine
- Lycoming VO-435-A1D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kent Murry
- Registered owner
- Helicopters Of Key West
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- PBI · West Palm Beach, FL
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N366DJ · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.