- Date
- June 1, 1977
- Place
- Bakersfield, CA · BAKERSFIELD, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N99242Hiller Acft UH-12E
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770601012699A
- Case key
- 158383
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0881 77/6/1 NR.BAKERSFIELD,CA HILLER ACFT UH-12E CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR, TIME - 0945 N99242 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION 1900 TOTAL HOURS, 767 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BAKERSFIELD,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1030 KIND OF OPERATION - OTHER KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES TERRAIN-TYPE -MOUNTAINOUS ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 1000 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - DOWNWIND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DISPENSING SQUIRREL BAIT,ENG QUIT.EMERG AUTOROTATION ATTEMPTED TO STEEP SLOPE,HELO ROLLED OVER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99242
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft UH-12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.