# Accident 19810615032499A: Hiller UH12E, Shandon, CA, June 15, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 1981, 09:45 local time
- Place: Shandon, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 35.6536° N, 120.3831° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shandon, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6536&lon=-120.3831&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40277, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40277) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller UH-12E (registry code 4360122, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-540 series (registry code 41534, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,475 total, 74 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DVM24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DVM24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810615032499A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 LAX81DVM24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DVM24), Jun 15, 1981: Hiller Acft UH-12E (N40277), Shandon, CA, 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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