Accident · 1994-07-02
What the record says
- Event date
- 1994-07-02
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- BELL 47-G5 (N59400)
- Operating rule
- Part 137
- Operator
- Wiggins Airways, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- WIGGINS AIRWAYS
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate inflight planning which resulted in fuel exhaustion and the loss of engine power.
Source: NTSB case NYC94LA110Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.