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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hiller UH12E · Exeter, CA · February 21, 1981

Date
February 21, 1981 · 10:47 local
Place
Exeter, CA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N90475
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX81DVA23
Reported as
Hiller UH12E
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,100 total1,000 in this make and model50 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.

Main rotor shaft struck telephone line during spray run. Pilot failed to observe obstruction.

As the FAA filed it

MAIN ROTOR SHAFT STRUCK TELEPHONE LINE DURING SPRAY RUN. PILOT FAILED TO OBSERVE OBSTRUCTION.

NTSB investigation

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