- Date
- August 6, 1980
- Place
- Elrod, IN · ELROD, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N62421Hiller Acft UH-12E
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 129847
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1070 80/8/6 ELROD,IN HILLER ACFT UH-12E CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 5520 TIME - 0830 N62421 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 725 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VERSAILLES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELROD,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NO 4 CONNECTING ROD BEARING,PN 77450,FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62421
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft UH-12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Versailles
N62421Registration cancelled Apr 29, 2013 · Hiller UH-12EAirframe modelHiller UH-12EEngine modelLycoming VO-540 series
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Other investigations on N62421 · 1
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