Navickas LOAD RUNNER 2000 N200LR

Summary

On 19 June 2005 at about 11:45 local time, a Navickas LOAD RUNNER 2000 registered N200LR, operated by Thomas J. Navickas, was involved in an accident near Hammonton, New Jersey, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

19 June 2005 at 11:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Hammonton, New Jersey, United States

Coordinates

39.5856, -74.7886

Aircraft

Navickas LOAD RUNNER 2000

Registration

N200LR

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

Thomas J. Navickas

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Elmer → Hammonton

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

IAD05LA080

2 people died.

The pilot's inadequate in-flight decision, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and subsequent loss of engine power. A factor was the wooded area, into which, the pilot had to autorotate.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The helicopter was proceeding to a nearby airport for fuel, but didn't arrive, and the wreckage was located 2 days later in a wooded area. On-scene examination by FAA inspectors revealed the wreckage to be "mostly intact and contained within the immediate crash scene." Nearby treetops were sheared, and the main rotor blades were fractured into three, approximately 5-foot sections. The helicopter had come to rest on its left side, and there was an impact mark on an 18-inch diameter tree, about 55 inches off the ground, near the helicopter's nose. "The scene had no strong odor of jet fuel," and there was no fuel in the fuel tank, and no fuel in the fuel filter or fuel lines, but some fuel and dirt in the fuel filter bowl.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.