- Date
- July 22, 1973
- Place
- Springtown, TX · SPRINGTOWN, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8145HHiller Acft UH-12A
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730722027359A
- Case key
- 189237
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2365 73/7/22 SPRINGTOWN,TEX HILLER ACFT UH-12A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 6142 TIME - 1130 N8145H PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 1475 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOYD,TEX MILLSAP,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: PUMPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SHEARED MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PIECE OF COTTER PIN LODGED IN PUMP HOUSING,SHEARED DRIVE SHAFT.LND ON SLOPING PLOWED FLD.HIT STUMP
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8145H
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft UH-12A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8145HRegistration cancelled May 2, 2020 · Hiller UH-12AAirframe modelHiller UH-12AEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N8145H · 1
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