- Date
- April 7, 1965
- Place
- N Miami Beach, FL · N MIAMI BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5317VHiller UH12C
- Status
- Completed · report July 19, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179278
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0280 65/4/7 N MIAMI BEACH FLA HILLER UH12C CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 1824 TIME - 0815 N5317V PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 78 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- REASON FOR PWR FAILURE UNK- LACK OF EVIDENCE INVESTIGATION REVEALED APPARENT UNRELATED FUEL SYS PR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5317V
- Reported as
- Hiller UH12C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N5317V · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ATL99LA108Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportVenice, FLLoss of engine power due to fuel starvation as a result of the passenger inadvertently shutting off the fuel supply.NTSB MIA84FA058Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportSan Juan, PRA performer fell from a trapeze rigged below the helicopter while it was hovering at about 150 ft AGL. The FAA had not authorized the modification to the acft. The plt was not certified for external load operations. The performer reportedly had not done this…NTSB MIA69F0470Accident · No injuriesClosedHato Rey, PR