- Date
- April 7, 1986, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fall River, KS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5307VHiller UH-12B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860407012159A
- Case key
- 34062
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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 helicopter flew through the tops of trees next to a plowed field and impacted almost straight down in the plowed field and nosed over to the inverted position. The pilot stated that he had intended to land in the field and allowed the airspeed and main rotor RPM to decrease during the descent. After he saw the trees, it was too late to recover.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5307V
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 659
- Airframe hours
- 2,196
- Engine
- Franklin O-335-5D, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Russell B. Davisson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 2, 1983 · 53 hours before
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 70 total · 49 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CNU, 28 nm away
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 N5307V · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.