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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA90LA111

1990-04-26 SANFORD, Florida, United States Airport · SFB None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5306V

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

HILLER UH-12B

TCDS

6H2 · SIAM HILLER HOLDINGS INC

Engine

FRANKLIN 6V4 SERIES (210 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A6B3AB

Registrant of record

DONNELLY MATTHEW J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON.

Factual narrative

THE STUDENT PLT WAS ON A SOLO FLT, PRACTICING TRAFFIC PATTERN APPROACHES. HE STATED THAT AFTER TAKING OFF FROM HIS 4TH APCH, THE ENG LOST POWER & THE HELICOPTER YAWED TO THE LEFT. HE INITIATED AN AUTOROTATION, BUT THE HELICOPTER STRUCK THE GROUND & ROLLED OVER. AN OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE ENG REVEALED NO REASON FOR THE RPRTD LOSS OF POWER. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1990_MIA90LA111.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type or causal vocabulary (icing). Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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