- Date
- March 20, 1981
- Place
- Miami Beach, FL · MIAMI BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N62376Hiller UH-12D
- Status
- Completed · report March 26, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810320011329A
- Case key
- 127375
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0239 81/3/20 MIAMI BEACH,FL HILLER UH-12D CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 1298 TIME - 1345 N62376 PX- 0 0 1 MAPPING/PHOTO TOTAL HOURS, 144 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIAMI,FL MIAMI BEACH,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 320 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT RPRTD ENCOUNTERING SEVERE TURBC DRG LOW ALT TURN OVER CITY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62376
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N62376Registration cancelled Apr 29, 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.