- Date
- August 8, 1980
- Place
- Coalville, UT · COALVILLE, UT
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N31332Hiller Acft UH-12D
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800808034539A
- Case key
- 129174
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2553 80/8/8 NR.COALVILLE,UT HILLER ACFT UH-12D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 1375 TIME - 1300 N31332 PX- 0 1 1 AERIAL SURVEY TOTAL HOURS, 1115 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COALVILLE,UT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 88 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 315 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- UN TO GET TRANSLATIONAL LIFT DRG TKOF ON DWNWND SIDE OF HILL.APRX 8700FT MSL.WIND GUSTING 18K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31332
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft UH-12D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N31332Registration cancelled Aug 8, 2013 · Hiller UH-12DAirframe modelHiller UH-12DEngine modelLycoming TVO-435-GIA
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.