- Date
- September 5, 1976
- Place
- Midland City, AL · MIDLAND CITY, AL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N47091Hiller UH-12B
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760905028469A
- Case key
- 155736
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3053 76/9/5 MIDLAND CITY,AL HILLER UH-12B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 7128 TIME - 1800 N47091 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE HELIPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIDLAND CITY,AL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: VERTICAL COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: MAIN ROTOR BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- MAIN ROTOR BLADE FAILURE DUE TO IMPACT DAMAGE WITH UNKNOWN OBJECT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47091
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Private Heliport
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.