- Date
- September 6, 1977
- Place
- Lincoln Park, NJ · LINCOLN PARK, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2686Hiller Acft UH-12C
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770906039379A
- Case key
- 144267
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4282 77/9/6 LINCOLN PARK,NJ HILLER ACFT UH-12C CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 39, 155 TIME - 1415 N2686 PX- 0 0 1 POLICE PATROL TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LINCOLN PARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LINCOLN PARK,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: CLUTCH ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- THE AUTOMATIC CENTRIFUGAL MERCURY CLUTCH FRICTION SHOES WORN BEYOND MFG LIMITS. AIRSPEED LOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2686
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft UH-12C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lincoln Park
N2686Registration cancelled Jan 31, 2020 · Hiller UH-12AAirframe modelHiller UH-12AEngine modelFranklin 6V 350 series
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