- Date
- July 15, 1986, 08:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Pataskala, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N136HAHiller UH-12E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860715032639A
- Case key
- 6982
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft autorotated to a forced landing after the eng quit at 600 ft AGL. The landing was made in a corn field. The plt told a FAA inspector at the scene that he had 8 gals of fuel remaining. When the fuel tank was drained it contained aprx 6 oz total. The plt had made this trip before but never with a large spare tank attached under the fuselage which created considerable drag. Normal fuel burn-out according to the plt was 2:45-3:00 hrs. This flt lasted two hrs. No evidence was found to indicate any discrepancies in the acft powerplant during the investigation. The acft was being ferried for elec maintenance. Post crash invest revealed battery relay inoperative. No special permit was obtained for the maintenance flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N136HA
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- HA3036
- Airframe hours
- 2,252
- Engine
- Lycoming VO-540-C2A, 305 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Agri-Copter,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special); Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1986 · 225 hours before
- Departed
- USE · Wauseon, OH
- Destination
- OH36 · Baltimore, OH
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 6,647 total · 1,826 in this make and model · 2,547 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CMH, 10 nm away
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 N136HA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.