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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Hiller UH12L · Tulelake, CA · September 15, 1983

Date
September 15, 1983 · 09:30 local
Place
Tulelake, CA
Airport
Tulelake
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N871H
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX83FVG17
Reported as
Hiller UH12L
Reported engine
Lycoming TIVO540A2A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total400 in this make and model0 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.

Helicopter struck a water ditch bank and a truck flatbed during descent from a spray run turn around.

As the FAA filed it

HELICOPTER STRUCK A WATER DITCH BANK AND A TRUCK FLATBED DURING DESCENT FROM A SPRAY RUN TURN AROUND.

NTSB investigation

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