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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hiller UH-12D · Bakersfield, CA · April 4, 1988

Date
April 4, 1988 · 13:58 local
Place
Bakersfield, CA
Airport
Bakersfield Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
RQKG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N646JS
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX88LA153
Reported as
Hiller UH12D
Reported engine
Lycoming VO540C2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,168 total85 in this make and model114 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Encountered IMC over mountains. Reversed course but overshot airport. Ran out of fuel. Hard autorotation landing.

As the FAA filed it

ENCOUNTERED IMC OVER MOUNTAINS. REVERSED COURSE BUT OVERSHOT AIRPORT. RAN OUT OF FUEL. HARD AUTOROTATION 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 N646JS · 1

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