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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Hiller UH-12C · Pittsfield, MA · February 18, 1991

Date: February 18, 1991 · 10:00 local
Place: Pittsfield, MA
Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N49983
Reported as: Hiller UH12C
Reported engine: Franklin 6V335*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 210 total70 in this make and model27 in the last 90 days

N49983Registered now · Hiller UH-12CS/N 850 Airframe modelHiller UH-12C

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What happened

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Throttle frozen engine entered into overspeed condition. Autoratated into field. Made a hard landing.

As the FAA filed it

THROTTLE FROZEN ENGINE ENTERED INTO OVERSPEED CONDITION. AUTORATATED INTO FIELD. MADE A HARD LANDING.

Other reports on N49983 · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 19971005047449ABennington, VT(-16) Instructor was demonstrating hovering to student near runway at the airport (5B5). Student pilot at the controls began drifting aircraft to the right. The instructor added left cyclic input to correct the right drift when top half of pilot's cyclic…Oct 5, 1997 · Substantial damage Accident 19860518018569AHovering · Palmer, AKAllowed rotor RPM to decay while hovering at low altitude looking for a landing area. Rotors struck shoreline rocks.May 18, 1986 · Substantial damage