- Date
- December 6, 1965
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM · ALBUQUERQUE, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9780CHiller UH12L4
- Status
- Completed · report April 22, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174992
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1003 65/12/6 NR.ALBUQUERQUE,N.MEX HILLER UH12L4 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0820 N9780C PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 32, 915 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 280 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE REMARKS- IMPROPERLY SECURED CABIN DOOR CAME OPEN AND UNSECURED PILOT COVERALLS BLEW OUT INTO TAIL ROTOR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9780C
- Reported as
- Hiller UH12L4
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9780CRegistration cancelled May 30, 2013 · Hiller UH-12LAirframe modelHiller UH-12LEngine modelLycoming VO-540 series
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.
Other investigations on N9780C · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.