- Date
- November 17, 1966
- Place
- Castaic, CA · CASTAIC, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N90487Hiller UH12L4
- Status
- Completed · report May 24, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120047
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1036 66/11/17 NR.CASTAIC CALIF HILLER UH12L4 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1330 N90487 PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 23, 446 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 12 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- SMALL HELO PAD ON MOUNTAIN. TRANSPORTING NEWSMEN TO CRASH SITE OF HELICOPTER N5350V.NEAR MAX WT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90487
- Reported as
- Hiller UH12L4
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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