- Date
- March 15, 1976
- Place
- Miami, FL · MIAMI, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N62362Hiller UH-12D
- Status
- Completed · report June 23, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760315010879A
- Case key
- 153265
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1046 76/3/15 MIAMI,FL HILLER UH-12D CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 1394 TIME - 1245 N62362 PX- 0 0 2 OTHER PUBLIC TOTAL HOURS, 120 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WATSON ISLAND HEL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIAMI,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SIGHTSEEING FLT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62362
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Watson Island Hel
N62362Registration cancelled Nov 12, 2014 · Hiller H-23DAirframe modelHiller H-23DEngine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N62362 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CHI84LA263Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportDeerfield, WIPlt was aware of pwr lines which crossed the field over which he was performing a calibration test. Plt stated that because of sun glare visual contact with the wires was lost. The acft contacted the wires.NTSB MIA81FKT31Accident · No injuriesClosedMiami, FL