ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 45802
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| Date: | Sunday 22 July 2001 |
| Time: | 11:08 |
| Type: |  Bell 47D-1 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N17301 |
| MSN: | WH5016 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1917 hours |
| Engine model: | Franklin 6V4 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ballard, MO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Tonganoxie, KS |
| Rolla, MO | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The helicopter impacted the terrain while performing an autorotation following a loss of engine power. The helicopter was examined and no anomalies could be found that could be associated with a pre-impact condition. About 10 ounces of fuel was all that could be drained from the fuel system. The fuel system was not compromised. A witness saw the helicopter above the tree line behind his house. He said that the helicopter, "...was in view for about 1 1/2 seconds when [the] motor pitch changed and [the] helicopter headed to its right dropping under [the] tree line. After losing sight of [the] helicopter [,] I heard a thud and no explosion and no longer could [hear] it any longer." The pilot had not been issued a pilot certificate other than a student pilot certificate. No instructor endorsement for solo flight was found in the pilot logbook, or on the student pilot certificate. The track data from a global positioning system receiver that was found at the accident site was downloaded to a computer and plotted on a sectional aeronautical chart. The first recorded position on the accident date was 39 degrees 8.5404 minutes north and 95 degrees 9.5766 minutes west at 1438:30 universal coordinated time (UTC). The last recorded position for the accident date was at 38 degrees 26.0904 minutes north and 94 degrees 6.5526 minutes west at 1608:46 UTC.
Probable Cause: The pilot's improper preflight planning which resulted in fuel exhaustion, and the pilot's subsequent improper autorotation.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20010726X01520&key=1
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 June 1992 | N17301 | Powder River Helicopters Inc. | 0 | Wenatchee, WA | |
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2008 00:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 10-Dec-2017 11:49 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
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