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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hiller UH-12E · Spirit Lake, WA · September 15, 1982

Date
September 15, 1982 · 09:36 local
Place
Spirit Lake, WA
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N513HA
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA82DA164
Reported as
Hiller UH12E
Reported engine
Allison 250C20
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,825 total245 in this make and model148 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Allowed rotor RPM to decay on testing autorotation. Hard landing sheared tail boom.

As the FAA filed it

ALLOWED ROTOR RPM TO DECAY ON TESTING AUTOROTATION. HARD LANDING SHEARED TAIL BOOM.

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N513HA · 1

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