Hiller Acft UH-12E N5337V
7 July 1972 · Umiat, Alaska, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 7 July 1972 at about 09:00 local time, a Hiller Acft UH-12E registered N5337V, operated by Alaska Helicop, was involved in an accident during in flight near Umiat, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 09:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Umiat, Alaska, United States
- Nearest airport
- Umiat
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Hiller Acft UH-12E
- Registration
- N5337V
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Alaska Helicop
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Cargo Operations
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-1256
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
NR 3 CONROD AND CAP FAILED DUE FRETTING.PLT DROPPED SLING LOAD, HAD TO LND IN POND.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Hiller Acft UH-12E accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 May 1972 | Hiller Acft UH-12E | Dubois, Idaho, United States | Intermountain | No injuries | - |
| 17 Jun 1973 | Hiller Acft UH-12E | Richfield, Utah, United States | Inter MTN Heli | No injuries | - |
| 19 Nov 1973 | Hiller Acft UH-12E | Brawley, California, United States | Verticare | No injuries | - |
| 11 Jul 1973 | Hiller Acft UH-12E | Bettles, Alaska, United States | Merric, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 26 Jun 1973 | Hiller Acft UH-12E | Juneau, Alaska, United States | Alaska Helicop | Minor injuries | - |
| 19 Oct 1973 | Hiller Acft UH-12E | El Centro, California, United States | Verticare, Inc. | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Feb 1972 | Piper PA-11 | Moberly, Missouri, United States | Tail Draggers | Fatal | 1 |
| 13 Jan 1972 | Piper PA-28R | Paradise, Washington, United States | Sportsman Airp | Fatal | 3 |
| 10 May 1972 | Douglas DC-9 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 1 Jul 1972 | Cessna 172K | Maysville, Kentucky, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 3 Oct 1972 | Piper PA-22 | Oxford, Connecticut, United States | Oxford Flying | Minor injuries | - |
| 6 Aug 1972 | Amer Avco AA1A | Atco, New Jersey, United States | - | No injuries | - |