- Date
- January 16, 1977
- Place
- Chandler, AZ · CHANDLER, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N50RGHiller Acft UH-12E
- Status
- Completed · report February 23, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770116001149A
- Case key
- 156783
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0028 77/1/16 NR.CHANDLER,AZ HILLER ACFT UH-12E CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1040 N50RG PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 47, 9250 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 55 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHANDLER,AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- T/D NOSE HIGH, PITCHED FORWARD, BOUNCED AND VEERED TO THE RIGHT. PRACTICE AUTOROTATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50RG
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft UH-12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.
Other investigations on N50RG · 1
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