- Date
- October 7, 1971
- Place
- Lorena, TX · LORENA, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N73875Hiller UH-12C
- Status
- Completed · report April 12, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163385
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3294 71/10/7 LORENA,TEX HILLER UH-12C CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 4353 TIME - 1530 N73875 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 885 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ASA,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT MADE DNWND AUTO AFTER ENG FAILURE,LNDD HARD ACROSS ROWS OF PLOWED FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73875
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N73875Registered now · Hiller - World Helicopters UH-12CAirframe modelHiller - World Helicopters UH-12CEngine modelFranklin 6V4 series
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Other investigations on N73875 · 2
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