- Date
- October 1, 1983, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mccullough, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N67699Hiller UH-12B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831001052949A
- Case key
- 6358
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft crashed in a cotton field after maneuvering at low alt to check the crop. The pilot said he was at an alt of 4 or 5 ft and forward flt was below transitional lift speed. The rotor RPM began to reduce and also there was a drop in engine RPM. The pilot increased rotor pitch and rotor rpms continued to decay. The acft struck the ground, rocked forward and backward and the rotor cut off the tail boom. The pilot shut down the engine with the mixture lever.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67699
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 430
- Airframe hours
- 2,244
- Engine
- Franklin 6UH33550, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James Wallace
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 20, 1983 · 43 hours before
- Departed
- Mccullough
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,630 total · 25 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MOB
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 N67699 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.