- Date
- November 5, 1980
- Place
- Blanding, UT · BLANDING, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N57972Hiller Acft 12E
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801105073949A
- Case key
- 128448
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3785 80/11/5 BLANDING,UT HILLER ACFT 12E CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 4072 TIME - 1620 N57972 PX- 0 0 0 CHECK TOTAL HOURS, 257 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLANDING MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BLANDING,UT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT HARD LANDING IN FLIGHT: AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PRACTICE AUTOROTATION.ENG SPUTTERED.ECON VALVES OUT OF ADJ.MIX BUSHING WORN.O-RING SEALS LEAKING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57972
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft 12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Blanding Muni
N57972Registration cancelled Jun 21, 2012 · Hiller UH-12EAirframe modelHiller UH-12EEngine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N57972 · 1
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