- Date
- May 13, 1964
- Place
- Hollister, CA · HOLLISTER, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N977CHiller UH12L4
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184934
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0268 64/5/13 HOLLISTER CALIF HILLER UH12L4 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0800 N977C PX- 0 0 0 TEST 37, 6483 TOTAL HOURS, 700 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOLLISTER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN FACTOR(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: TAIL ROTOR BLADES SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: BATTERIES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- TAIL ROTOR BLADES STRUCK TAIL BOOM DURING EXPERIMENTAL TEST FLIGHT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N977C
- Reported as
- Hiller UH12L4
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hollister