Hiller UH-12E N400AH

Summary

On 31 August 1983 at about 20:10 local time, a Hiller UH-12E registered N400AH was involved in an accident near Manning, North Dakota, 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.

Date

31 August 1983 at 20:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Manning, North Dakota, United States

Coordinates

47.2318, -102.7724

Aircraft

Hiller UH-12E

Registration

N400AH

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 133: Rotorcraft Ext. Load

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN83LA204

Nobody was injured.

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

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND AFTER AN ENG FAILURE WHILE STRINGING POWER LINES. THE ACFT WAS IN A RIGHT SIDE LOW, NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE PULLING A WIRE ATTACHED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ACFT. THE WIND WAS FROM THE RIGHT REAR QUARTER WHEN THE LOSS OF POWER OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE ACFT ROTATED 45 DEGREES & THE PLT ONLY HAD TIME TO LEVEL THE ACFT AND MAKE A PITCH PULL PRIOR TO IMPACT FROM THE LOW ALTITUDE OF 150 FT AGL. THE ACFT IMPACTED LEVEL WITH NO FORWARD SPEED, THE SKIDS FAILED AND THE ACFT ROLLED OVER. THE PLT SUSPECTED FUEL STARVATION DUE TO ACFT ATTITUDE AND INERTIA. THE ACFT HAS ONE FUEL PICK-UP IN THE TANK.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.