- Date
- June 15, 1978
- Place
- St Louis, MO · ST LOUIS, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N88755Bell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780615020569A
- Case key
- 140686
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1992 78/6/15 ST LOUIS, MO BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 3400 TIME - 1747 N88755 PX- 0 1 0 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ADVISORY TOTAL HOURS, 370 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BI-STATE PARKS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST LOUIS, MO LOCAL 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 - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL GAUGE INOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88755
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bi-State Parks
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N88755 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB WPR26LA207Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportMettler, CAThe pilot's failure to ensure the loading hose had been disconnected before takeoff, which resulted in an interrupted takeoff and subsequent loss of control. Contributing to the accident was the ground loader's failure to disconnect the hose before…NTSB CHI76FCA03Accident · No injuriesClosedSauget, IL