- Date
- September 13, 1983, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wrangell, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N10915Hughes H-369D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 39770
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Analysis
The helicopter landed hard and rolled over out of an autorotation attempt after a power loss. The acft was in the progress of a line-pull through trees when the attitude changed sufficiently to allow the fuel pump to entrain air into the fuel system. There was insufficient alt to restart the engine. The company policy is to have full fuel load for this type of operation. There was only 20 gals of fuel on board at the time of the accident.
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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - starvationCause
Fuel supply - inadequateCause
Procedures/directives - not followedCause
Forced landing
Autorotation - performed
Hard landing
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10915
- Reported as
- Hughes H-369D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 300691D
- Airframe hours
- 2,299
- Engine
- Allison AL250C20B, 375 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Temsco Helicopters
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 8, 1983 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- Bradfield, AK
- Destination
- Wrangell, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,594 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 2,384 as pilot in command · 198 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- WRG, 26 nm away