- Date
- January 7, 1981
- Place
- Beaver, WA · BEAVER, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N28875Hiller Acft UH-12E
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810107007279A
- Case key
- 127214
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0167 81/1/7 BEAVER,WA HILLER ACFT UH-12E CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 3874 TIME - 1002 N28875 PX- 0 0 0 CTR CARGO-D TOTAL HOURS, 152 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BEAVER,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LEFT AIRCRAFT UNATTENDED, ENGINE RUNNING FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN REMARKS- PLT REFUELING. LOGGER WALKED INTO ROTATING TAIL ROTOR BLADES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28875
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft UH-12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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 N28875 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB SEA87FA106Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportShelton, WAThe pilot was properly certificated for the flight; however, due to operator insurance restrictions, all prior commercial flights had required the owner/operator to accompany this pilot, therefore this was the pilot's first commercial flight as sole pilot.…NTSB SEA74DYE32Accident · No injuriesClosedQueets, WA