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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hiller UH-12E · Shandon, CA · June 15, 1981

Date
June 15, 1981 · 09:45 local
Place
Shandon, CA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N40277
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX81DVM24
Reported as
Hiller UH12E
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,475 total74 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Struck wires trying to fly under them on a spray run. Helicopter skidded into ground, rolled over.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK WIRES TRYING TO FLY UNDER THEM ON A SPRAY RUN. HELICOPTER SKIDDED INTO GROUND, ROLLED OVER.

NTSB investigation

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