Small aircraft helicopter had engine failure and off airport forced landing.

Attributes
ACN	517756
Time
Date	200107
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : rid.airport
State Reference	IN
Altitude	agl single value : 500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : pbi.tracon
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 120 flight time type : 105
ASRS Report	517756
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact other
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Engine out autorotation to ground. Estimated cause is contaminated fuel causing low fuel pressure. Rough impact damage only.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA HELI HAD ENG FAILURE AND OFF ARPT FORCED LNDG.

Narrative: ENG OUT AUTOROTATION TO GND. ESTIMATED CAUSE IS CONTAMINATED FUEL CAUSING LOW FUEL PRESSURE. ROUGH IMPACT DAMAGE ONLY.

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.