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LAX81FVD43

1981-09-08 · BRENTWOOD, California, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N62392

Make / Model
HILLER UH-12E
Year of manufacture
1964 · 17 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING VO-540 SERIES (310 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19900405
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A82510

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
HILLER ACFT UH-12E · N62392
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DK
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
CA

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Temp
50° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000001591
Total time
4,351 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,030
Age
30

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LED FM FATIGUE,LOST DIRECTIONAL CTL.

Investigator remarks

BEVEL GEAR,PN 25211-5,IN TAIL ROTOR GEAR BOX FAI

Cause factors

  • 78/C/BH C
    ROTORCRAFT TAIL ROTOR GEAR BOX Cause
  • 88/C/36 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3016. Source file NTSB_1981_3_3016.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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