Hiller 12EJ3 N5358V

28 July 1977 · Ketchikan, Alaska, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 28 July 1977 at about 17:15 local time, a Hiller 12EJ3 registered N5358V, operated by Temsco Helicop, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Ketchikan, Alaska, United States. 3 people were on board and one died, 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 28 July 1977 at 17:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Ketchikan, Alaska, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Hiller 12EJ3
Registration: N5358V
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Temsco Helicop
Operating rule: Federal-Public Aircraft
Purpose of flight: Aerial Survey
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: Usfs Field Location → S.harris River, Ak
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-4203

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	1	2	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

CYCLIC ISOLATION LINK HOLLOW SHANK ROD END BEARING HAD SAME IDENT NO.AS CORRECT SOLID ROD END.

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 3-4203, 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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