- Date
- March 31, 1968
- Place
- Wrangell, AK · WRANGELL, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5352VHiller UH-12E
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111697
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0644 68/3/31 NR.WRANGELL,ALAS HILLER UH-12E CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 5340 TIME - 1145 N5352V PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1269 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- GLUED FILTER GASKET CAME LOOSE,LODGED IN THROAT OF LT CARB AT THE VENTURI,RESTRICTED AIR FLOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5352V
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5352VRegistration cancelled Sep 24, 2008 · Hiller UH-12EAirframe modelHiller UH-12EEngine modelLycoming VO-540 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N5352V · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.