- Date
- December 3, 1974
- Place
- Kapaau, HI · KAPAAU, HI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N90474Hiller Acft UH-12E
- Status
- Completed · report January 21, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741203040489A
- Case key
- 145072
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4040 74/12/3 NR.KAPAAU,HAWAII HILLER ACFT UH-12E CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 3933 TIME - 0730 N90474 PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1600 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KAPAAU,HAWAII KAMUELA,HAWAII TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: CLUTCH ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CLUTCH FAILED FOR UNDET REASON.LND IN GUAVA TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90474
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft UH-12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N90474 · 4
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