SERS · Hughes OH-6A · 1999-06-15 · TUCSON, AZ, USA
Event
NTSB number
LAX99GA216
Event ID
20001212X19020
Type
Accident
Date
1999-06-15
Location
TUCSON, AZ, USA
Coordinates
32.150299, -110.929039
Injuries
Highest injury
SERS
Fatal
0
Serious
1
Minor
0
Uninjured
0
Total aboard
1
Aircraft
Make
Hughes
Model
OH-6A
Registration
N6187C
FAR Part
091
Engines
1
Damage
DEST
Conditions
Light
DAYL
Weather
VMC
Probable cause
Fuel exhaustion resulting from pilot's failure to perform adequate fuel consumption calculations. The unreliable and inoperative fuel level indicating system components and the operator's operation of the aircraft with known deficiencies were factors in the accident.