- Date
- August 22, 1984, 09:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Kindred, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N96168Hiller UH-12C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840822042909A
- Case key
- 16464
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The practice autorotation to touchdown began at 500 ft AGL. Shortly after initiating the flare the tail rotor contacted the ground. The pilot was scheduled for a private pilot helicopter check ride on the afternoon of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96168
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 55-4129
- Airframe hours
- 3,502
- Engine
- Franklin O-335-6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Heuer, Dan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 2, 1984 · 91 hours before
- Departed
- 1ND3 · Kindred, ND
- Airport
- 1ND3 · Hamry
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 7,547 total · 38 in this make and model · 7,410 as pilot in command · 166 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAR, 29 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N96168 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.