- Date
- August 30, 1970
- Place
- Fountainville, PA · FOUNTAINVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N10322Hiller Acft UH-12A
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158850
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4586 70/8/30 FOUNTAINVILLE,PA HILLER ACFT UH-12A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 583 TIME - 1915 N10322 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 34 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CENTRAL BUCKS APT,PA FOUNTAINVILLE,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH 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 PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE TERRAIN - OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- PLT MADE FULL AUTO INTO CORN FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10322
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft UH-12A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N10322Registration cancelled Aug 26, 2016 · Hiller UH-12AAirframe modelHiller UH-12AEngine modelFranklin 6V4 series
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