- Date
- September 20, 1975
- Place
- Brownsville, OR · BROWNSVILLE, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8108HHiller Acft UH-12B
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750920038669A
- Case key
- 151466
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3739 75/9/20 BROWNSVILLE,OR HILLER ACFT UH-12B CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 400 TIME - 1645 N8108H PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 53 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PIONEER VILLA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BROWNSVILLE,OR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: VERTICAL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: CLUTCH ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CLUTCH PUCKS CHARRED,CLUTCH DRUM DISCOLORED FM OVERHEAT.T/D ON REAR OF SKID,M/R STRUCK TAILBOOM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8108H
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft UH-12B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pioneer Villa
N8108HRegistration cancelled Sep 10, 2012 · Hiller UH-12AAirframe modelHiller UH-12AEngine modelFranklin 6V-335 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.
Other investigations on N8108H · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX84FA106Accident · No injuriesField investigationFinal reportVan Nuys, CAThe instructor plt (CFI) stated that the eng quit 2 times after he refueled the helicopter. He then drained a quantity of water from the fuel gascolator & restarted the helicopter. After that he air taxied the helicopter to the flt school where, without…NTSB SEA77DYM34Accident · Serious injuriesClosedAlbany, OR