- Date
- April 19, 1969
- Place
- Hato Rey, PR · HATO REY, PR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5317VHiller UH-12C
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190168
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1228 69/4/19 HATO REY,PR HILLER UH-12C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 5240 TIME - 1300 N5317V PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5317V
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12C
- 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 MIA65A0099Accident · No injuriesClosedN Miami Beach, FL