Enstrom F-28A N101AE

Summary

On 20 March 1982 at about 18:30 local time, a Enstrom F-28A registered N101AE, operated by Hugh Alan Rollow, was involved in an accident near Parsons, Kansas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 March 1982 at 18:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Parsons, Kansas, United States

Coordinates

37.3301, -95.2595

Aircraft

Enstrom F-28A

Registration

N101AE

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

Hugh Alan Rollow

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Grove → Chanute

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC82DA046

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT WAS RATED IN FIXED WING AIRCRAFT, BUT HE WAS A STUDENT PILOT IN HELICOPTERS. HE HAD ONLY 40 HOURS IN ROTORCRAFT. DURING A CROSS-COUNTRY IN HIS OWN HELICOPTER, HE RAN OUT OF FUEL AND STRUCK TREES DURING AN AUTO-ROTATIVE LANDING. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE FUEL QUANTITY SYSTEM WAS OPERATING PROPERLY, BUT HE THOUGHT HE HAD A LARGER THAN NORMAL TANK. WHEN HE FOUND THAT HE WAS ABOUT TO RUN OUT OF FUEL, HE ATTEMPTED TO GET TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT. HOWEVER, THE PLANE RAN OUT OF FUEL ABOUT THREE MILES FROM THE AIRPORT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.