- Date
- April 26, 1990, 09:34 local (13:34 UTC)
- Place
- Sanford, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5306VHiller UH-12B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900426011809A
- Case key
- 32649
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power for an unknown reason.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student plt was on a solo flt, practicing traffic pattern approaches. He stated that after taking off from his 4th apch, the eng lost power & the helicopter yawed to the left. He initiated an autorotation, but the helicopter struck the ground & rolled over. An operational check of the eng revealed no reason for the rprtd loss of power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5306V
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 632
- Engine
- Franklin 6V-335-B, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airport
- SFB · Sanford Rgnl
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 21 total · 10 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- SFB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.