- Date
- May 12, 1982, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Benson, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4030CHiller 12E
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820512015669A
- Case key
- 69928
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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.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
Other gear collapsed
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Terrain condition - softFactor
Landing gear,skid assembly - overload
Landing gear,skid assembly - failure,partial
Analysis
Helicopter flying at 250 feet to stay below clouds had engine failure. Landed downwind in muddy field. Right skid collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4030C
- Reported as
- Hiller 12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 515
- Airframe hours
- 115
- Engine
- Lycoming VO-540-C2A, 305 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- O'Rielly Leasing Co.
- Registered owner
- O'Rielly Leasing Co.
- Departed
- C · Willmar, MN
- Destination
- C · Benson, MN
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
- 49
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 13,190 total · 325 in this make and model · 13 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 144 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.