ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 168134
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| Date: | Tuesday 29 July 2014 |
| Time: | 16:51 |
| Type: |  Hughes 369D |
| Owner/operator: | Rotor Blade LLC |
| Registration: | N89ZC |
| MSN: | 1098D |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Logan County, between West Liberty and Bellefontaine, Ohio -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | West Liberty, OH |
| West Liberty, OH | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The commercial pilot was using an aerial saw to trim trees when the accident occurred. As the helicopter was going through a tree line, the engine lost power, and it then descended into trees and terrain.
A postaccident examination of the helicopter revealed that no fuel was present in either the fuel tank or in the engine fuel line. When electrical power was applied to the helicopter after the accident, the fuel quantity indicator showed that the fuel tank was empty. The helicopter was topped off with fuel before the accident flight, and it had been flown 1 hour 50 minutes before the accident. The operator stated that the fuel tank holds 62.4 gallons, and the pilot reported that the helicopter consumes about 30 gallons per hour. It is likely that the pilot did not adequately monitor the fuel quantity during the flight, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
Probable Cause: A total loss of engine power, which resulted from fuel exhaustion due to the pilot’s failure to adequately monitor the fuel quantity during the flight.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=89ZC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 November 2009 | N89ZC | 0 | Baxley, Georgia | |
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| 22 August 2018 | N89ZC | Rotor Blade LLC | 0 | Ridgeway, Pennsylvania | |
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| 5 March 2019 | N89ZC | Rotor Blade LLC | 1 | Talking Rock, Pickens County, GA | |
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jul-2014 07:38 | HeliNews+ | Added |
| 30-Jul-2014 17:26 | HeliNews+ | Updated [Registration] |
| 30-Jul-2014 17:28 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source] |
| 30-Jul-2014 19:42 | Geno | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 31-Jul-2014 06:29 | HeliNews+ | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Aug-2014 00:19 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 30-Nov-2017 18:49 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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