- Date
- April 18, 1978
- Place
- Lititz, PA · LITITZ, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73875Hiller UH-12C
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780418009589A
- Case key
- 142295
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0958 78/4/18 LITITZ,PA HILLER UH-12C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 2005 TIME - 1230 N73875 PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LANCASTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANCASTER,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 59 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 90 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING TO 15KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73875
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lancaster
N73875Registered now · Hiller - World Helicopters UH-12CAirframe modelHiller - World Helicopters UH-12CEngine modelFranklin 6V4 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N73875 · 2
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