# Accident 19740321010799A: Hiller UH12E, Ketchikan, AK, March 21, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 1974
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Airport: Temsco Heliport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 55.3571° N, 131.6746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ketchikan, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3571&lon=-131.6746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5352V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5352V-2008-09-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller UH-12E (registry code 4360122, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-540 series (registry code 41534, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,894 total, 1,671 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC74DAD14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74DAD14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740321010799A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PIC DEMON OF SETTLING WITH PWR RESULTED IN MAIN ROTOR BLADE SEVERING TAIL ROTOR SYS.LND IN COVE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC74DAD14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74DAD14), Mar 21, 1974: Hiller Acft UH-12E (N5352V), Ketchikan, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5352V (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19900602018019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900602018019I), Jun 2, 1990: Hiller UH12E (N5352V), Cowansville, PA, Minor damage. Vibration when added power. Forced landing. Main rotor blades went out of track.
- [Accident 19740702042709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740702042709A), Jul 2, 1974: Hiller UH12C (N5352V), Ketchikan, AK, Substantial damage. Began to settle abt 50FT above trees. Atmtd to back into ldg area.m/r contacted a tree. Lost ctl.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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