- Date
- May 17, 1968
- Place
- Manati, PR
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9790CHiller UH-12
- Status
- Completed · report July 16, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110416
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1548 68/5/17 NR.MANATI,PR HILLER UH-12 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 615 TIME - 1015 N9790C PX- 0 1 1 MAPPING/PHOTO TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: MAIN ROTOR HEAD ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION REMARKS- POLICE PHOTO MISSION.CONTROL ROTOR BLADE ASSEMBLY,P/N36209-3,SEPARATED FROM CONTROL ROTOR CUFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9790C
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N9790CRegistration cancelled May 30, 2013 · Hiller UH-12EAirframe modelHiller UH-12EEngine modelLycoming VO-540 series
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