- Date
- February 23, 1979
- Place
- Freer, TX · FREER, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N40261Hiller UH-12E
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790223006919I
- Case key
- 144033
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0002 79/2/23 NR.FREER,TX HILLER UH-12E CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1730 N40261 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - DUVAL RANCH STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FREER,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: ROLL-ON/RUN-ON PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- PLT ON BIENNIAL FLT REVIEW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40261
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Duval Ranch Strip
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.