- Date
- July 21, 1979
- Place
- Minot, ND · MINOT, ND
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N62397Hiller UH-12D
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790721015329A
- Case key
- 135112
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1442 79/7/21 MINOT,ND HILLER UH-12D CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 1300 TIME - 1215 N62397 PX- 0 0 2 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 157 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MINOT INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINOT,ND LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: VERTICAL 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 - ERRATIC COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62397
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Minot Intl
N62397Registration cancelled Apr 1, 2002 · Hiller H-23DAirframe modelHiller H-23DEngine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N62397 · 1
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