- Date
- June 7, 1984, 08:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bedford, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5106YHughes 500D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840607024159A
- Case key
- 35677
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the plt, the helicopter took off with under 200 lbs of fuel indicating on the fuel gage. Fifteen minutes after takeoff at 125 ft AGL the engine out warning system indicated an engine failure. The acft began to rotate about its vetical axis and descended. At this point the plt observed the fuel gage to be 'one needle width below the 100 lb mark.' The plt lowered the collective almost to the bottom then pulled it all the way up just prior to impact which occurred in a descent rate of 800 to 1000 fpm. The impact broke the right skid and the helicopter rolled over on its right side. An inspection of the acft fuel system following the accident revealed no fuel in the anks and nothing wrong with the fuel indicating system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5106Y
- Reported as
- Hughes 500D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1057D
- Airframe hours
- 880
- Engine
- Allison L-250B, 375 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 133
- Registered owner
- Evergreen Helicopters
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BED · Bedford, PA
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,010 total · 757 in this make and model · 6,850 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.