# Accident 19800716026289A: Hiller OH23G, Cut Bank, MT, July 16, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1980, 08:00 local time
- Place: Cut Bank, MT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.6341° N, 112.3301° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cut Bank, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.6341&lon=-112.3301&mi=10
- Aircraft: N603RA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N603RA-2022-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller-Roberts OH23G (registry code 4362305, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-roberts-oh23g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER OH23G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,155 total, 27 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800716026289A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER FLEW INTO UNKNOWN AND UNMARKED POWER LINE DURING POWER LINE PATROL.

## 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 DEN80FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FA048), Jul 16, 1980: Hiller Acft OH-23G (N603RA), Cutbank, MT, destroyed

## Other reports on N603RA (2)

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

- [Incident 20130923019269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130923019269I), Sep 23, 2013: Hiller-Roberts Aircraft Inc. OH23G (N603RA), East Wenatchee, WA, Minor damage. During 137 spray operations N603RA, a 1963 Hiller helicopter received minor damage resulting from contact with powerwires while in flight. The damage was…
- [Accident 19780620015779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780620015779A), Jun 20, 1978: Hiller UH12C (N603RA), Van Horn, TX, 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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