# Accident 19790820019749A: Hiller UH12E, Timmonsville, SC, August 20, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1979, 11:30 local time
- Place: Timmonsville, SC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 34.1329° N, 79.9403° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Timmonsville, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1329&lon=-79.9403&mi=10
- Aircraft: N121NR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N121NR-2012-11-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller UH-12E (registry code 4360122, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,160 total, 188 in this make and model, 209 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79DLG29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DLG29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790820019749A

## Narrative

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

PILOT SAID SMALL WHIRLWIND HIT HELICOPTER AS IT PASSED UNDER WIRES DURING SPRAY RUN, FORCING IT INTO WIRES.

## 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 MIA79DLG29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DLG29), Aug 20, 1979: Hiller UH-12E (N121NR), Timmonsville, SC, 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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