- Date
- October 19, 1975
- Place
- Nucla, CO · NUCLA, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5316VHiller Acft UH-12C
- Status
- Completed · report January 28, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 151375
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3916 75/10/19 NR.NUCLA,CO HILLER ACFT UH-12C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 8129 TIME - 1400 N5316V PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BLANDING,UT MONTROSE,CO NUCLA,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- RUST PARTICLES IN FUEL SUMP.SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER IN CARB. NO WATER FOUND IN FUEL SERVICE SYSTEM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5316V
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft UH-12C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5316VRegistration cancelled Feb 3, 2020 · Hiller UH-12CAirframe modelHiller UH-12CEngine modelFranklin 6V4 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 N5316V · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB DEN83LA007Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBlanding, UTThe private single-engine pilot had a student helicopter certificate. He took off to hover and check that the helicopter was in good condition. He stated that before takeoff, the helicopter was fueled with a 5 gallon can that had been painted red. Before…NTSB SEA67A0042Accident · No injuriesClosedRosalia, WA