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Aviation accident ERA17LA285
NONE · BELL 47G · 2017-08-20 · St Marys, PA, USA
Event
- NTSB number
ERA17LA285- Event ID
20170820X53819- Type
- Accident
- Date
- 2017-08-20
- Location
- St Marys, PA, USA
- Coordinates
- 41.407775, -78.561668
Injuries
- Highest injury
- NONE
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Minor
- 0
- Uninjured
- 1
- Total aboard
- 1
Aircraft
- Make
- BELL
- Model
- 47G
- Registration
- N9526
- FAR Part
- 091
- Engines
- 1
- Damage
- SUBS
Conditions
- Light
- DAYL
- Weather
- VMC
Probable cause
The student pilot's inadequate prefight planning and en route fuel management, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a total loss of engine power.
Source
- Authoritative
- NTSB CAROL
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown