- Date
- June 7, 1966
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK · FAIRBANKS, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9770CHiller UH-12E
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171593
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0526 66/6/7 FAIRBANKS ALAS HILLER UH-12E CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 754 TIME - 1710 N9770C PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 82 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FOREST CLEARING TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAXI: AERIAL TAXI TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. REMARKS- LOG HELIPAD BORDERED BY TREES 40-60 FT TALL AT DOWNWIND END OF 50 BY 100 FT CLEARING.PSGRS FIREMEN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9770C
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Forest Clearing
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Other investigations on N9770C · 6
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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