- Date
- June 22, 1967
- Place
- Eagle, AK · EAGLE, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9770CHiller Acft UH12E4
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116812
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0270 67/6/22 NR.EAGLE,ALAS HILLER ACFT UH12E4 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0850 N9770C PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 25, 2125 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 39 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL SELECTOR POSITIONED BETWEEN TANKS PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- WHILE PICKING UP A LOOSE ROPE FROM THE CABIN FLOOR A PASSENGER INADVERTENTLY MOVED FUEL SELECTOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9770C
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft UH12E4
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N9770C · 6
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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