- Date
- September 3, 1975
- Place
- Beaver Falls, PA · BEAVER FALLS, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N90424Hiller Acft UH-12B
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750903033409A
- Case key
- 151548
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3533 75/9/3 BEAVER FALLS,PA HILLER ACFT UH-12B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 1504 TIME - 0800 N90424 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 24 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BEAVER COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BEAVER FALLS,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- PLT HEARD LOUD BANG,ATMTD QUICK STOP,TAIL BOOM HIT GND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90424
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft UH-12B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Beaver County
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N90424 · 1
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