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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Hiller UH-12E · Los Banos, CA · August 9, 1990

Date
August 9, 1990 · 09:43 local
Place
Los Banos, CA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
RPNG
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N117HA
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX90DVA08
Reported as
Hiller UH12E
Reported engine
Lycoming VO540*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
17,631 total4,300 in this make and model

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What happened

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

Flew into abandoned telephone wire. Crashed and burned. Did not see wire between poles. Wire not marked or removed.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO ABANDONED TELEPHONE WIRE. CRASHED AND BURNED. DID NOT SEE WIRE BETWEEN POLES. WIRE NOT MARKED OR REMOVED.

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N117HA · 1

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