- Date
- September 7, 1976
- Place
- Humptulips, WA · HUMPTULIPS, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N48001Hiller Acft UH-12E
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760907028289A
- Case key
- 156178
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3908 76/9/7 HUMPTULIPS,WA HILLER ACFT UH-12E CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 5400 TIME - 1030 N48001 PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION TOTAL HOURS, 3200 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUMPTULIPS,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- ENG FAILED 30FT ABOVE TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48001
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft UH-12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N48001Registration cancelled Aug 2, 2006 · Hiller UH-12EAirframe modelHiller UH-12EEngine modelAllison 250 series
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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.