19880816033959A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hiller UH-12E · Thermal, CA · August 16, 1988

Date
August 16, 1988 · 20:05 local
Place
Thermal, CA
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
RQKG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N65120
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX88DUG06
Reported as
Hiller UH12E
Reported engine
Lycoming VO540C2A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total3,500 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Engine quit on climbout. Impacted ground and flipped over. Water and mud in fuel from delapidated fueling platform.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMBOUT. IMPACTED GROUND AND FLIPPED OVER. WATER AND MUD IN FUEL FROM DELAPIDATED FUELING PLATFORM.

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N65120 · 1

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