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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hiller UH12C · Liberty, AK · June 8, 1979

Date
June 8, 1979 · 14:30 local
Place
Liberty, AK
Phase of flight
Sfl Autorotation
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N96TH
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC79FA057
Reported as
Hiller UH12C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,350 total85 in this make and model85 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Helicopter with sling load of logs hit downdraft. Logs hit ground,acft hit groundafter coming to end of cable.

As the FAA filed it

HELICOPTER WITH SLING LOAD OF LOGS HIT DOWNDRAFT.LOGS HIT GROUND,ACFT HIT GROUNDAFTER COMING TO END OF CABLE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.