Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary CHI87DER03

BIG LAKE, MN, USA

Aircraft #1

N135HA

HILLER UH-12ET

Analysis

AIRCRAFT WAS BEING MANEUVERED FOR LANDING ON A GROUND SUPPORT TRAILER WHEN IT EXPERIENCED A POWER FAILURE. DUE TO HIGH TREES AUTOROTATION WAS MADE TO ADJACENT FIELD. AIRCRAFT LANDED ON ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN AND ROLLED OVER. INVESTIGATION REVEALED CONTAMINATED FUEL SYSTEM. APPROXIMATELY ONE GALLON OF A WHITE MILKY SUBSTANCE WAS DRAINED FROM THE SUMP AND ALL MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE FUEL SYSTEM WERE CONTAMINATED. THE ORIGIN OF THE CONTAMINATION COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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