# Accident 19761119035779A: Hiller UH12E, Ephrata, WA, November 19, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 1976
- Place: Ephrata, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 47.3121° N, 119.5344° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ephrata, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3121&lon=-119.5344&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5380V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5380V-1976-12-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller UH-12E (registry code 4360122, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 400 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA77FYG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77FYG11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761119035779A

## Narrative

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

STRINGING PWR LINES.WORKING BETWEEN HI-TENSION LINE & STATIC LINE,STRUCK STATIC LINE.

## 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 SEA77FYG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77FYG11), Nov 19, 1976: Hiller Acft UH-12E (N5380V), Ephrata, WA, destroyed

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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