# Accident 19760730025819A: Hiller UH12D, Wrangell, AK, July 30, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1976
- Place: Wrangell, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Location: 56.4708° N, 132.3767° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wrangell, AK, within about 29 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=56.4708&lon=-132.3767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96TH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 650 in this make and model, 261 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC76DAD09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76DAD09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760730025819A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PLT SET A/C L FLOAT ON ROCK OUTCROP W R FLOAT ON SNOWBANK. M/R HIT SNOWBANK.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC76DAD09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76DAD09), Jul 30, 1976: Hiller UH12EJ (N96TH), Wrangell, AK, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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