- Date
- June 22, 1979
- Place
- Elk City, OK · ELK CITY, OK
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N90453Hiller UH12L4
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790622018439A
- Case key
- 135794
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1579 79/6/22 ELK CITY,OK HILLER UH12L4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0900 N90453 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 37, 3290 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 25 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELK CITY,OK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: ROLL-ON/RUN-ON PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: CLUTCH ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT STATED MAIN ROTOR CLUTCH SLIPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90453
- Reported as
- Hiller UH12L4
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N90453Registration cancelled Apr 12, 2013 · Hiller UH-12L4Airframe modelHiller UH-12L4Engine modelLycoming VO-540 series
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Other investigations on N90453 · 1
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