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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hiller UH12E · Orleans, CA · May 30, 1981

Date
May 30, 1981 · 11:45 local
Place
Orleans, CA
Airport
Orleans
Phase of flight
Sfl Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N62409
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX81DVD28
Reported as
Hiller UH12E
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,938 total734 in this make and model76 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Allowed tail rotor strike on practice autorotaion landing.

As the FAA filed it

ALLOWED TAIL ROTOR STRIKE ON PRACTICE AUTOROTAION LANDING.

NTSB investigation

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

Other reports on N62409 · 2

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