- Date
- June 23, 1983, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Jerome, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N245CHiller UH-12B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830623042019A
- Case key
- 39717
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was destroyed by fire after a forced landing due to pwr loss. The pilot stated that he was en route home after an aerial application mission when the engine lost power. He made an auto-rotation downwind and after exiting the acft noticed an engine fire. The acft and 2 acres of range grass were destroyed in the fire. FAA inspectors examined the wreckage but could not determine the cause of the power loss becaue of the extensive fire damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N245C
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 324
- Airframe hours
- 2,700
- Engine
- Franklin 6V35B, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Mountain West Helicopters
- Registered owner
- Douglas Mcfall
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Limited (Special)
- Departed
- U94 · Hazelton, ID
- Destination
- Jerome, ID
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 50 in this make and model · 370 as pilot in command · 52 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BYI, 30 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.