- Date
- May 27, 1968
- Place
- Arroyo Grande, CA · ARROYO GRANDE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5301VHiller 12B
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109994
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2188 68/5/27 ARROYO GRANDE,CAL HILLER 12B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 6000 TIME - 0530 N5301V PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FATIGUE FAILURE OF CENTERING PIN,P/N24527-1,OF CARDAN JOINT.SUCCESSFUL AUTOROTATIVE LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5301V
- Reported as
- Hiller 12B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage