- Date
- March 20, 1982, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Parsons, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N101AEEnstrom F-28A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820320004479A
- Case key
- 72166
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot was rated in fixed wing aircraft, but he was a student pilot in helicopters. He had only 40 hours in rotorcraft. During a cross-country in his own helicopter, he ran out of fuel and struck trees during an auto-rotative landing. The pilot stated that the fuel quantity system was operating properly, but he thought he had a larger than normal tank. When he found that he was about to run out of fuel, he attempted to get to the nearest airport. However, the plane ran out of fuel about three miles from the airport.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N101AE
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 104
- Airframe hours
- 1,011
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-C1B, 205 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hugh Alan Rollow
- Registered owner
- Hugh Alan Rollow
- Departed
- Grove, OK
- Destination
- Chanute, KS
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 53
- Certificates
- Commercial, Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,033 total · 40 in this make and model · 982 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 10 knots
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.