Incident report
BELL-TRANSWORLD HELICOPTERS 47D1 crash near Archer City, Texas, United States
serious2017-02-09
Summary
The total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation, which resulted from the pilot’s inadvertent positioning of the mixture control to the “fuel cutoff” position.
Incident details
Date
2017-02-09
Location
Archer City, Texas, United States
Aircraft
Operator type
civil
Fatalities
0
Injuries
1
Probable cause
Pilot error
Weather
VMC
Source
NTSB CAROL ↗33.6628, -98.7444
Quick stats
Severityserious
Fatalities0
Injuries1
SourceNTSB CAROL
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