- Date
- April 10, 1977
- Place
- Thermal, CA · THERMAL, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N90465Hiller UH-12E
- Status
- Completed · report October 18, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770410013449A
- Case key
- 158030
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0921 77/4/10 NR.THERMAL,CA HILLER UH-12E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 523 TIME - UNK/NR N90465 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 38 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - THERMAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION THERMAL,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 9/19/77.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90465
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Thermal
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N90465 · 4
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