- Date
- May 12, 1972
- Place
- Ketchikan, AK · KETCHIKAN, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N5364VHiller UH-12E
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166082
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1727 72/5/12 NR.KETCHIKAN,ALAS HILLER UH-12E CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1015 N5364V PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION AGE 43, 8500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 135 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION THORNE BAY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE GROUND TRAINING-PROCEDURES PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN REMARKS- NEWLY HIRED MAN WALKED INTO TAIL ROTOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5364V
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5364VRegistration cancelled Aug 21, 2012 · 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.