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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Hiller UH-12E · Freer, TX · February 23, 1979

Date
February 23, 1979 · 17:30 local
Place
Freer, TX
Airport
Duval County Ranc
Phase of flight
Prw On Run Landing (Rotorcraft
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N40261
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW79IA054
Reported as
Hiller UH12E
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft skipped on touchdown and front of skid dug into soft ground stopping forward motion. Buckle in skin

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT SKIPPED ON TOUCHDOWN AND FRONT OF SKID DUG INTO SOFT GROUND STOPPING FORWARD MOTION. BUCKLE IN SKIN

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.