- Date
- July 28, 1977
- Place
- Ketchikan, AK · KETCHIKAN, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5358VHiller 12EJ3
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 80546
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4203 77/7/28 NR.KETCHIKAN,AK HILLER 12EJ3 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 1833 TIME - 1715 N5358V PX- 1 1 0 AERIAL SURVEY TOTAL HOURS, 427 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION USFS FIELD LOCATION S.HARRIS RIVER,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: CYCLIC PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BOGUS PART MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED REMARKS- CYCLIC ISOLATION LINK HOLLOW SHANK ROD END BEARING HAD SAME IDENT NO.AS CORRECT SOLID ROD END.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5358V
- Reported as
- Hiller 12EJ3
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
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 N5358V · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.