# Accident 19780516010489A: Hiller UH12C, Highwood, MT, May 16, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1978
- Place: Highwood, MT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 47.5992° N, 110.7696° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Highwood, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5992&lon=-110.7696&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48234 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 716 total, 666 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA78FTI15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FTI15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780516010489A

## Narrative

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

PWR LINES PARTIALLY HIDDEN BY TERRAIN. SURVEYING AREA.

## 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 SEA78FTI15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FTI15), May 16, 1978: Hiller Acft UH-12E (N48234), Highwood, MT, 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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