Hiller UH-12L N90458

30 July 1967 · Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 30 July 1967 at about 20:00 local time, a Hiller UH-12L registered N90458, operated by Go-Helicopter, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 30 July 1967 at 20:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
Nearest airport: Queen City
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Hiller UH-12L
Registration: N90458
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Go-Helicopter
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 2-1061

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	1	0	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

CLUTCH SLIPPAGE CAUSED LOSS OF PWR TO MAIN RTR. ROTORCFT-CLUTCH SLIPPAGE DUE GLAZED FRICTION SHOES

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 2-1061, 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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Other Hiller UH-12L accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
23 May 1967	Hiller UH-12L N90457	Fairplay, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Columbia Helic	No injuries	-
19 Nov 1966	Hiller UH-12L N9780C	Woodville Tex, Texas, United States no coordinates	Interstate HEL	No injuries	-
24 May 1966	Hiller UH-12L N90482	Mt.seymour, Canada no coordinates	Okanagan Helic	Fatal	-
5 May 1969	Hiller UH-12L N86689	Victorville, California, United States no coordinates	S.calif.edison	No injuries	-
13 Jun 1979	Hiller UH-12L N5349V	Montrose, Colorado, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

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