# Accident 19790322005069A: Hiller UH12D, Tularosa, NM, March 22, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 1979, 13:00 local time
- Place: Tularosa, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.0750° N, 106.0173° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tularosa, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0750&lon=-106.0173&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94AP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N94AP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller UH-12D (registry code 4360118, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,889 total, 315 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79DQD03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79DQD03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790322005069A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER STRUCK A WIRE WHILE SPRAYING A FIELD, LOST CONTROL, AND CRASHED.

## 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 DEN79DQD03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79DQD03), Mar 22, 1979: Hiller UH-12D (N94AP), Tularosa, NM, 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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