- Date
- March 30, 1974
- Place
- Gouldbusk, TX · GOULDBUSK, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8145HHiller Acft UH-12A
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740330007869A
- Case key
- 186461
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0718 74/3/30 GOULDBUSK,TEX HILLER ACFT UH-12A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 8400 TIME - 0910 N8145H PX- 0 0 2 HUNTING TOTAL HOURS, 1596 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GOULDBUSK,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT RETURNG TO RANCH AT LO ALT FOLLOWNG COYOTE HUNT-LOST PWR DRG PULL UP OVR PWR LINES.
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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