- Date
- November 15, 1984, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Butler, PA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N17129Hiller UH-12B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841115062119A
- Case key
- 35593
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Analysis
After training at mcville arpt for about 1HR & 15MIN the plt decided to purchase fuel, taxied to the fuel pumps & discovered that the operator was not there. The CFI EST that there was sufficient fuel to fly to Butler county arpt, aprx 18 miles away. During the flt to Butler they encountered strong gusty head winds & with the student plt flying had trouble with alt & heading. About two min after sighting the arpt the eng quit & the plt made an autorotation into trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17129
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- MIL 5116189
- Airframe hours
- 21,984
- Engine
- Franklin 6U335A, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bruce Banning
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 6, 1984 · 72 hours before
- Departed
- GO6 · Freedom, PA
- Destination
- BTP · Butlern, PA
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
- 41
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 17,638 total · 5 in this make and model · 10,300 as pilot in command · 180 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Observed at
- BVI, 25 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.