Hiller Acft UH-12E N90465

5 February 1974 · Soda Springs, Idaho, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 5 February 1974 at about 16:25 local time, a Hiller Acft UH-12E registered N90465, operated by Trans-West HEL, was involved in an accident during in flight near Soda Springs, Idaho, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 5 February 1974 at 16:25
Classification: Accident
Location: Soda Springs, Idaho, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Hiller Acft UH-12E
Registration: N90465
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Trans-West HEL
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Soda Springs, Id → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0311

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

FUEL STARVATION DUE TO IMPROPER INSTALLATION OF AUX FUEL SYS. LND WITH FWD SPEED IN SNOW.

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 3-0311, 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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