- Date
- June 6, 1966
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N263SSHiller UH-12A
- Status
- Completed · report November 17, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171522
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0388 66/6/6 LOS ANGELES CALIF HILLER UH-12A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 136 TIME - 1135 N263SS PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOCKHEED AIR TRML TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- LANDED ON PRACTICE AREA.NO DISCREPANCIES FOUND THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED A CONTROL PROBLEM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N263SS
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lockheed Air Trml
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