- Date
- September 22, 1986, 17:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- E.Conway, NH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N73876Hiller UH12C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860922045839A
- Case key
- 30423
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - in flight
Aircraft handling - improperCause
Hard landing
Proper climb rate - not maintainedCause
Analysis
Pilot lost control of the helicopter while at hover then decided to land. However the pilot set the aircraft down hard. The main rotor blade severed the tail.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73876
- Reported as
- Hiller UH12C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- UH6003
- Airframe hours
- 423
- Engine
- Franklin 210, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard H. Graves
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 17, 1984 · 54 hours before
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 62 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.