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Hiller 12E N99GM

26 April 1985 · Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 26 April 1985 at about 17:00 local time, a Hiller 12E registered N99GM was involved in an accident near Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 17:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States
Nearest airport
None
Coordinates
43.0592, -124.0302
Aircraft
Hiller 12E
Registration
N99GM
Category
Helicopter
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 137: Agricultural
Purpose of flight
Aerial Application
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Unknown → Myrtle Point
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
SEA85LA097

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

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

DURING A CFR 137 FLIGHT A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER OCCURRED WITH AN AUDIBLE SCREECH COMING FORM THE ENGINE AREA. AUTOROTATION WAS MADE AND THE ACFT WAS LANDED INTO A HEVILY TREED AREA WITH STEEP TERRAIN. DURING ENGINE TEAR DOWN A FRACTURED IMPELLER WAS FOUND. METALLURGICAL ANALYSIS REVEALED THAT THE FRACTURED IMPELLER WAS DUE TO PROGRESSION OF A PRE-EXISTING FATIGUE CRACK IN THE IMPELLER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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