- Date
- July 11, 1978
- Place
- Oceanside, CA · OCEANSIDE, CA
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N81959Hiller Acft UH-12E
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780711019899A
- Case key
- 141514
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1779 78/7/11 OCEANSIDE,CA HILLER ACFT UH-12E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 14692 TIME - 0945 N81959 PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 49 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OCEANSIDE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FOLLOWING TAIL ROTOR STRIKE ON LND APP,A/C ROLLED OVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81959
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft UH-12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N81959 · 1
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