Hiller Acft UH-12D N31331

8 February 1980 · McKennon, Wyoming, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 8 February 1980 at about 17:20 local time, a Hiller Acft UH-12D registered N31331 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near McKennon, Wyoming, United States. 2 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: 8 February 1980 at 17:20
Classification: Accident
Location: McKennon, Wyoming, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Hiller Acft UH-12D
Registration: N31331
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Dawn
NTSB number: 3-0795

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

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

PIC RPRTED THROTTLE LINKAGE FRZN AT HIGH PWR SETTING, SECURED ENG.

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 3-0795, 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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