19800223003989A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Hiller UH-12E · Waimea, HI · February 23, 1980

Date
February 23, 1980 · 09:55 local
Place
Waimea, HI
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N155HA
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX80DJA12
Reported as
Hiller UH12E
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,211 total695 in this make and model167 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 rotors hit wires while spraying a ditch. Hit ground. Rolled over. Burned.

As the FAA filed it

HELICOPTER ROTORS HIT WIRES WHILE SPRAYING A DITCH. HIT GROUND. ROLLED OVER. BURNED.

NTSB investigation

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

Other reports on N155HA · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.