- Date
- May 30, 1981
- Place
- Orleans, CA · ORLEANS, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N62409Hiller Acft UH-12E
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810530030569A
- Case key
- 125634
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1381 81/5/30 ORLEANS,CA HILLER ACFT UH-12E CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 2938 TIME - 1145 N62409 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, 734 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ORLEANS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ORLEANS,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- WND GSTG 25KTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62409
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft UH-12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Orleans
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N62409 · 1
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