- Date
- July 20, 1966
- Place
- Kahului, HI · KAHULUI, HI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9759CHiller UH-12E
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122421
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0673 66/7/20 NR.KAHULUI HAWAII HILLER UH-12E CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 9180 TIME - 0945 N9759C PX- 0 0 0 CTR PASSG-D TOTAL HOURS, 78 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL-GRND CREW DID NOT PROPRLY CLEAR LDG AREA MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- DRY LOG ON HELISPOT WAS SUCKED INTO TAIL ROTOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9759C
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9759CRegistration cancelled May 30, 2013 · Hiller UH-12EAirframe modelHiller UH-12EEngine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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.
Other investigations on N9759C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.