- Date
- October 23, 1976
- Place
- Lake Worth, FL · LAKE WORTH, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N62401Hiller UH-12D
- Status
- Completed · report January 7, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761023036159A
- Case key
- 156694
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3820 76/10/23 LAKE WORTH,FL HILLER UH-12D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 3875 TIME - 1850 N62401 PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LANTANA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALM BEACH,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL LINE CONTAINED DIRT AND WATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62401
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lantana
N62401Registration cancelled Aug 5, 2013 · 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.