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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC70A0003

1969-07-09 BETTLES, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5362V

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

HILLER UH-12E

TCDS

4H11 · SIAM HILLER HOLDINGS INC

Engine

LYCOMING VO-540 SERIES (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19600428

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A6C969

Registrant of record

HILLER AIRCRAFT CORP

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982)

NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.

Aircraft

HILLER ACFT UH12E · N5362V

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

E

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000002050

Total time

3,258 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

4,212

Age

36

Investigator remarks

NR 5 CYL CON ROD CAP AND BOLTS FAILED.

Cause factors

  • 74/C/AC C
    POWERPLANT MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS Cause
  • 88/C/36 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause
  • 64/B/18 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M.

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3527. Source file NTSB_1969_3_3527.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.