- Date
- February 8, 1980
- Place
- Mckennon, WY · MCKENNON, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N31331Hiller Acft UH-12D
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800208002479A
- Case key
- 131402
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0795 80/2/8 NR.MCKENNON,WY HILLER ACFT UH-12D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 430 TIME - 1720 N31331 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MCKENNON,WY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FROZEN, MOISTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- PIC RPRTED THROTTLE LINKAGE FRZN AT HIGH PWR SETTING,SECURED ENG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31331
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft UH-12D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N31331Registration cancelled Nov 17, 2014 · 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.