- Date
- March 8, 1967
- Place
- Peach Sprngs, AZ · PEACH SPRNGS, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5341VHiller UH-12E
- Status
- Completed · report November 21, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119200
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0655 67/3/8 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTEDHILLER UH-12E CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 7000 TIME - 1400 N5341V PX- 0 0 0 CTR PASSG-D TOTAL HOURS, 1700 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- USGS CONTRACT-TAIL SWUNG SIDEWAYS INTO TREE DURING LDG ON MTN CLEARING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5341V
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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