- Date
- April 11, 1992, 15:35 local (22:35 UTC)
- Place
- Mount Vernon, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N377JDEnstrom 280 FX
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920411035179A
- Case key
- 41654
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Probable cause
A hard landing by the pilot, after a power loss due to fuel exhaustion.
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.
Analysis
The pilot was conducting local revenue sightseeing flights and the engine quit. He initiated a forced to a cultivated field. The aircraft landed hard and rolled over. Exam of the wreckage revealed the fuel tanks were empty.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N377JD
- Reported as
- Enstrom 280 FX
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2007
- Airframe hours
- 539
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO360F1AD, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Bloomquist, Paul A.
- Registered owner
- Bloomquist, Paul A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1992 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Mount Vernon, WA
- Destination
- NONE · Mount Vernon, WA
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 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 474 total · 125 in this make and model · 275 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 27 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- 75S, 3 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.