- Date
- June 20, 1978
- Place
- Mentor, OH · MENTOR, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N86688Hiller UH12L4
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780620027249A
- Case key
- 140414
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4290 78/6/20 MENTOR,OH HILLER UH12L4 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 4239 TIME - 1723 N86688 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 68 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MENTOR,OH RICHMOND HEIGHTS,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: POWER INDICATORS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- ROTOR RPM GAGE FAILED AT 300FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86688
- Reported as
- Hiller UH12L4
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.