- Date
- January 29, 1979
- Place
- Homestead, FL · HOMESTEAD, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N527HAHiller UH-12E
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790129001889A
- Case key
- 136951
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3159 79/1/29 NR.HOMESTEAD,FL HILLER UH-12E CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 13657 TIME - 1520 N527HA PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 650 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORT-A-PORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOMESTEAD,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- PLT REPORTED CONTROL MALF AFTR LIFT-OFF.NO EVIDENCE OF MECH FAILURE FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N527HA
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Port-A-Port
N527HARegistration cancelled Oct 10, 2001 · Hiller UH-12EAirframe modelHiller UH-12EEngine modelLycoming VO-540 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 N527HA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.