Fuel starvation in a rotary winged aircraft evolves into an off airport landing.

Attributes
ACN	182034
Time
Date	199106
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : rap
State Reference	SD
Altitude	msl bound lower : 5000 msl bound upper : 5000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Flight Phase	cruise other other
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 113 flight time total : 9376 flight time type : 109
ASRS Report	182034
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation other

Narrative:

Low fuel warning light assembly malfunctioned. Unit replaced with better design. Hour meter moved to location where it can readily be seen by pilot--an additional remedy. Successful autorotation performed to highway 16A. No injuries or property damage occurred.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FUEL STARVATION IN A ROTARY WINGED ACFT EVOLVES INTO AN OFF ARPT LNDG.

Narrative: LOW FUEL WARNING LIGHT ASSEMBLY MALFUNCTIONED. UNIT REPLACED WITH BETTER DESIGN. HOUR METER MOVED TO LOCATION WHERE IT CAN READILY BE SEEN BY PLT--AN ADDITIONAL REMEDY. SUCCESSFUL AUTOROTATION PERFORMED TO HWY 16A. NO INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE OCCURRED.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.