- Date
- November 14, 1977
- Place
- Bemidji, MN · BEMIDJI, MN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8286Hiller UH-12E
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771114042699A
- Case key
- 144200
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4112 77/11/14 BEMIDJI,MN HILLER UH-12E CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 5425 TIME - 1610 N8286 PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 274 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BEMIDJI MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ERSKINE,MN BEMIDJI,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8286
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bemidji Muni
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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 N8286 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CHI92DCD04Accident · No injuriesFinal reportMilford, IAA total loss of engine power for an undetermined reason as the helicopter was performing aerial application maneuvers.NTSB DEN87LA146Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGrafton, NDThe plt was positioning the helicopter for an aerial application project. Before taking off, he checked the fuel quantity indicator & estimated there was 30 min of fuel on board. The proposed flt was estimated to take 10 min. During flt, the eng lost power &…