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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hiller UH12E · Grand Junction, CO · September 9, 1994

Date
September 9, 1994 · 12:40 local
Place
Grand Junction, CO
Phase of flight
Autorot Descent (Rotorcraft)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N12RF
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW94LA296
Reported as
Hiller UH12E
Reported engine
Lycoming VO540C2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,175 total12 in this make and model85 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.

Practice autorotation to sandbar. Allowed rotor speed decay. Landed hard. Rotors chopped off tailboom.

As the FAA filed it

PRACTICE AUTOROTATION TO SANDBAR. ALLOWED ROTOR SPEED DECAY. LANDED HARD. ROTORS CHOPPED OFF TAILBOOM.

NTSB investigation

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