- Date
- August 28, 1968
- Place
- Ketchikan, AK · KETCHIKAN, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5357VHiller UH-12E
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108711
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4734 68/8/28 KETCHIKAN,ALAS HILLER UH-12E CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1700 N5357V PX- 1 1 0 CTR PASSG-D AGE 26, 2344 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 500 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5357V
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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