MERRIMAC, WI, USA
N93431
HILLER UH-12E
THE ACFT CRASHED AND BURNED AFTER AN IN-FLT EXPLOSION AT ABOUT 75 FT AGL AS THE ACFT APPROACHED TO LAND. THE ACFT HAD EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS OF OVERHEATING GENERATORS AND IRREGULAR VOLTAGE OUTPUTS ON 2 PREVIOUS OCCASIONS. THE PLTWAS TOLD AFTER SOME REPAIRS THAT IF HE SMELLED ANYTHING HOT TO PULL THE GENERATOR CIRCUIT BREAKER. POST-ACCIDENT ACFT EXAMINATION SHOWED A CONDITION OF THE VOLTAGE REGULATOR WHICH WOULD HAVE CAUSED CONTINUOUS CHARGING OF THE BATTERY. THE GENERATOR SHOWED SIGNS OF OVERHEATING AND THE BATTERY HAD EXPLODED AWAY FROM THE WRECKAGE WITH THE TERMINAL POLES MELTEDOFF.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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