Hiller UH12A N330M

8 October 1978 · Muskegon, Michigan, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 8 October 1978 at about 16:35 local time, a Hiller UH12A registered N330M was involved in an accident during in flight near Muskegon, Michigan, 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: 8 October 1978 at 16:35
Classification: Accident
Location: Muskegon, Michigan, United States
Nearest airport: Northside
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Hiller UH12A
Registration: N330M
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Test
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3478

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.

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WIND GUSTS TO 40K.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3478, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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Other Hiller UH12A accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
11 Jun 1971	Hiller UH12A N8178H	Brooks, Oregon, United States no coordinates	Ropps Air Serv	Fatal	1
4 Mar 1964	Hiller UH12A N162M	Van Nuys Calif, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
13 Dec 1964	Hiller UH12A N6444D	Austin Tex, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
7 May 1964	Hiller UH12A N10172	Abilene Kans, Kansas, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

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