# NTSB LAX81DUG05: Hiller Acft UH-12B, N5310V, Rialto, CA, November 18, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 18, 1980
- Place: Rialto, CA · RIALTO, CA
- Location: 34.1174° N, 117.3892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rialto, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1174&lon=-117.3892&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 22, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 128016
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX81DUG05
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUG05

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3360  80/11/18   RIALTO,CA           HILLER ACFT UH-12B  CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 34, 1212
        TIME - 1630                    N5310V              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 19 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - RIALTO MUNI
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          RIALTO,CA                   LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- PRACTICING AUTOROTATIONS W PWR RECOVERY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5310V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5310V-2012-12-18), registration cancelled 2012-12-18, S/N 692, built 1954 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER ACFT UH-12B
- Registry model: [Hiller UH-12B](https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12b) (registry code 4360110) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Franklin 6V4 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6v4-series) (registry code 27033, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Rialto Muni

## Other investigations on N5310V (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC79DAG75](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAG75), Aug 1, 1979: Hiller UH-12B (N5310V), Dutch Harbor, AK, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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