- Date
- December 7, 1977
- Place
- Port Orford, OR · PORT ORFORD, OR
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N116HAHiller Acft UH12E
- Status
- Completed · report February 21, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771207037569A
- Case key
- 143940
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4072 77/12/7 PORT ORFORD,OR HILLER ACFT UH12E CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 3800 TIME - 1550 N116HA PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELK RIVER,OR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: HOVERING DITCHING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- LIFTING CRABPOTS W/NYLON LINE,GRAPNEL HOOK SLIPPED,LINE REBOUNDED INTO TAIL ROTOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N116HA
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft UH12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.