- Date
- July 2, 1986, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Garberville, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N26186Hiller UH-12C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860702029759A
- Case key
- 25203
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Analysis
The student plt had just taken off on a training x-country flt when the main rotor tachometer needle decreased below the engine tachometer needle. He turned the helicopter to return to the arpt but was unable to maintain altitude and landed hard in rough terrain. After the accident the student plt stated that he had observed oil leaking in the vicinity of the centrifugal, dry clutch during this and previous prefight inspections.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26186
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- AN002
- Airframe hours
- 1,799
- Engine
- Franklin VO-335-5D, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Dane A. Peterson
- Registered owner
- Petersen, Dane A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 27, 1986 · 48 hours before
- Departed
- 016 · Garberville, CA
- Destination
- 028
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Garberville
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 39 total · 39 in this make and model · 12 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 5 knots, gusting 5
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.