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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hiller UH12E · Toutle, WA · April 2, 1982

Date
April 2, 1982 · 13:00 local
Place
Toutle, WA
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9060F
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA82DA044
Reported as
Hiller UH12E
Reported engine
Lycoming VO540C2A
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,092 total28 in this make and model28 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Loud noise and vibration. Made autorotation landing on river sand bar. Rolled. Possible main rotor delamination.

As the FAA filed it

LOUD NOISE AND VIBRATION. MADE AUTOROTATION LANDING ON RIVER SAND BAR. ROLLED. POSSIBLE MAIN ROTOR DELAMINATION.

NTSB investigation

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