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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hiller UH-12E · Willows, CA · July 23, 1981

Date
July 23, 1981 · 06:30 local
Place
Willows, CA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4027T
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX81FVG53
Reported as
Hiller UH12E
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,200 total1,200 in this make and model190 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.

Rudder control cable broke on spray run turn around. Lost control during autorotate landing.

As the FAA filed it

RUDDER CONTROL CABLE BROKE ON SPRAY RUN TURN AROUND. LOST CONTROL DURING AUTOROTATE LANDING.

NTSB investigation

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