- Date
- February 15, 1970
- Place
- Enterprise, AL · ENTERPRISE, AL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N214WHiller Acft UH-12A
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 139741
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0233 70/2/15 ENTERPRISE,ALA HILLER ACFT UH-12A CR- 0 1 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1723 N214W PX- 0 0 0 TEST AGE 41, 7100 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 110 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ENTERPRISE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ENTERPRISE,ALA ENTERPRISE,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: CYCLIC PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND LATERAL CONTROL PROBLEM FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LATERAL CONTROL FAILURE,UNK CAUSE.UNCONTROLLABLE R ROLL INTO TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N214W
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft UH-12A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Enterprise
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