- Date
- January 24, 1971
- Place
- Naguabo, PR
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N44BHiller UH12E4
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159445
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0199 71/1/24 NAGUABO,PR HILLER UH12E4 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 1706 TIME - 1200 N44B PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JUAN,PR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- LOW ALT,LOST RPMS ,CRASH LND IN TREETOPS.ENG CK OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44B
- Reported as
- Hiller UH12E4
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N44BRegistration cancelled Nov 29, 2012 · Hiller UH-12EAirframe modelHiller UH-12EEngine modelLycoming VO-540 series
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.
Other investigations on N44B · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.