- Date
- September 11, 1966
- Place
- Happy Camp, CA · HAPPY CAMP, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9758CHiller UH-12E
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121019
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1184 66/9/11 NR.HAPPY CAMP,CALIF HILLER UH-12E CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 6600 TIME - 1807 N9758C PX- 0 0 0 CTR PASSG-D TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - THOMPSON CREEK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PWR PLT-NO.4 CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD BOLT. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- USFS CONTRACT.ENG FAILED DURING CLIMB TO MTN TOP
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9758C
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Thompson Creek
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