- Date
- August 10, 1982, 08:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- Palisade, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5594NHiller 12E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 10, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820810036689A
- Case key
- 72141
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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
Aircraft lost power, pilot autorotated at 20 feet AGL. Made hard forced landing and aircraft rolled over. Piston rod failed because cap bolt was undertorqued.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5594N
- Reported as
- Hiller 12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1453
- Airframe hours
- 4,014
- Engine
- Lycoming VO-540-C2A, 305 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Dagnon Aviation
- Registered owner
- Dagnon Aviation
- Departed
- Palisade, MN
- Destination
- Palisade, 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
- 22
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 675 total · 195 in this make and model · 417 as pilot in command · 190 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
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 N5594N · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.