- Date
- August 24, 1992, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Concrete, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N37667Hiller UH-12C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920824032899A
- Case key
- 42886
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, resulting from the IMPR0PER in-flight planning by the pilot in command and his failure to select a proper touchdown point for an emergency forced landing. A factor relating to the accident was the uneven terrain at the touchdown point.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft engine lost power on downwind in the traffic pattern for landing and the pilot initiated a forced landing in an open pasture. The acft touched down on uneven terrain and rolled over. A post accident exam of the acft fuel tanks revealed less than one quart of fuel remaining.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37667
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 765
- Airframe hours
- 2,085
- Engine
- Franklin 6V-335-B, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Westlund, Jack M., doing business as Westco Helicopters, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Westco Helicopters, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 25, 1992 · 38 hours before
- Destination
- WA13
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
- 61
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 401 total · 224 in this make and model · 360 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NUW, 36 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.