- Date
- April 17, 1981
- Place
- Cahokia, IL · CAHOKIA, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2MJHiller UH-12D
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810417018049A
- Case key
- 125622
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1241 81/4/17 CAHOKIA,IL HILLER UH-12D CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2030 N2MJ PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 32, 4350 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 245 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BI-STATE PARKS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OKAWVILLE,IL CAHOKIA,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 700 KIND OF OPERATION - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF CROP - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - NOT AVAILABLE COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2MJ
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bi-State Parks
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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