- Date
- March 21, 1974
- Place
- Ketchikan, AK · KETCHIKAN, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5352VHiller Acft UH-12E
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740321010799A
- Case key
- 124373
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1138 74/3/21 NR.KETCHIKAN,ALAS HILLER ACFT UH-12E CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 3848 TIME - 1445 N5352V PX- 0 0 0 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, 3595 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TEMSCO HELIPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KETCHIKAN,ALAS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: POWER-ON DESCENT COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE TERRAIN - OTHER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- PIC DEMON OF SETTLING WITH PWR RESULTED IN MAIN ROTOR BLADE SEVERING TAIL ROTOR SYS.LND IN COVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5352V
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft UH-12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Temsco Heliport
N5352VRegistration cancelled Sep 24, 2008 · Hiller UH-12EAirframe modelHiller UH-12EEngine modelLycoming VO-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5352V · 2
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