- Date
- December 22, 1978
- Place
- Lacomb, OR · LACOMB, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N172ETHiller Acft Soloy
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781222041829A
- Case key
- 138556
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4115 78/12/22 LACOMB,OR HILLER ACFT SOLOY CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 1802 TIME - 1115 N172ET PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 33 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LACOMB,OR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: EN ROUTE TO TREAT CROP COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE INDICATING EQUIPMENT: TACHOMETER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1500 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - FOREST-TREES TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SLING LOADED TERRAIN-TYPE -MOUNTAINOUS ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 800 REMARKS- TACH GENERATOR FAILED.PLT RECD ERRONEOUS ENG OUT WARNINGS. SERVICE BULLETIN SOLOY 03-560 NCW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N172ET
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft Soloy
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N172ETRegistration cancelled Aug 18, 2004 · Hiller UH-12EAirframe modelHiller UH-12EEngine modelLycoming VO-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N172ET · 2
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