Hiller UN-12D N62377

10 June 1981 · Castle Rock, Washington, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 10 June 1981 at about 09:30 local time, a Hiller UN-12D registered N62377, operated by Top Flight HEL, was involved in an accident during in flight near Castle Rock, Washington, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 10 June 1981 at 09:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Castle Rock, Washington, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Hiller UN-12D
Registration: N62377
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Top Flight HEL
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Other
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2724

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	1	0

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

T/R INPUT BEVEL GEARSHAFT, P/N 25211-5, FAILED.LONG LINE SLING OPN.

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 3-2724, 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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