- Date
- October 31, 1979
- Place
- Neah Bay, WA · NEAH BAY, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N87977Hiller Acft UH-12E
- Status
- Completed · report November 20, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791031027969A
- Case key
- 133394
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2527 79/10/31 NR.NEAH BAY,WA HILLER ACFT UH-12E CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1018 N87977 PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION AGE 33, 6241 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2639 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEAH BAY,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING 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 - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- T/R HIT STUMPS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87977
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft UH-12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.