19791008032119A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Hiller UH-12E · Hurtsboro, AL · October 8, 1979

Date
October 8, 1979 · 09:30 local
Place
Hurtsboro, AL
Airport
Hurtsboro
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N20MQ
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA80DKJ06
Reported as
Hiller UH12E
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,500 total1,500 in this make and model210 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.

Pilot flew into wires while conducting agricultural spraying.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FLEW INTO WIRES WHILE CONDUCTING AGRICULTURAL SPRAYING.

NTSB investigation

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