Hiller UH12E4 N44B

29 August 1967 · Santa Fe, Central America · No injuries

Summary

On 29 August 1967 at about 11:30 local time, a Hiller UH12E4 registered N44B, operated by Shasta Helicop, was involved in an accident during in flight near Santa Fe, Central America. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 29 August 1967 at 11:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Santa Fe, Central America
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Hiller UH12E4
Registration: N44B
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Shasta Helicop
Operating rule: Contract Carrier
Purpose of flight: Charter-Passg-International
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0090

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

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

INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF GOVNT OFREPUBLIC OF PANAMA.ENG FROZE DUE TO NO ENGINE OIL

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 6-0090, 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.

Also in

Central America 33 Shasta Helicop 13 1967 6,392

Other Hiller UH12E4 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
15 Jul 1966	Hiller UH12E4 N9762C	Fairbanks Alas, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Merric Inc	No injuries	-
24 Jan 1971	Hiller UH12E4 N44B	Naguabo, Puerto Rico, United States no coordinates	Helicopter REN	No injuries	-

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
6 Apr 1967	Beechcraft C33A N3722Q	S.jose, Central America no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
2 Nov 1967	Beechcraft 95-55 N1391Z	Corn Is, Central America no coordinates	Bartemor Boat	No injuries	-
10 Jan 1966	Cessna 206 N5086U	Villanil Costa Rc, Central America no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
17 Jun 1966	Bell 47J N5151B	L.cano Costa Rica, Central America no coordinates	Mercury Genera	No injuries	-
16 Feb 1968	Cessna 150 N8469G	Balboa, Central America no coordinates	Albrook AFB AE	Fatal	1
1 May 1965	No American F51D N6153U	Sta Teresa Nicrga, Central America no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

All 33 records in Central America