# Accident 19791008032119A: Hiller UH12E, Hurtsboro, AL, October 8, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 1979, 09:30 local time
- Place: Hurtsboro, AL
- Airport: Hurtsboro
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 32.2401° N, 85.4147° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hurtsboro, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2401&lon=-85.4147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20MQ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20MQ-1982-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller UH-12E (registry code 4360122, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80DKJ06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DKJ06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791008032119A

## Narrative

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

PILOT FLEW INTO WIRES WHILE CONDUCTING AGRICULTURAL SPRAYING.

## 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 MIA80DKJ06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DKJ06), Oct 8, 1979: Hiller Acft 12E (N20MQ), Hurtsboro, AL, 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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