# Incident 20000218004009I: Hiller UH12D, Huntington, OR, February 18, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 2000, 15:30 local time
- Place: Huntington, OR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3501° N, 117.2668° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntington, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3501&lon=-117.2668&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3416F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3416F-2015-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller UH-12E (registry code 4360122, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000218004009I

## Narrative

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

WHILE OPERATING ON A FLIGHT TO CONTROL PREDITARY ANIMALS FOR LOCAL RANCHERS, THE PILOT FAILED TO SEE POWER LINES STRETCHED ACROSS A CANYON. THE HELICOPTER STRUCK THE WIRES.  THE HELICOPTER RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE BUBBLE WINDSHIELD AND SOME SMALL NICKS IN THE ROTOR BLADES WERE FOUND.  THE WIRES WERE SEVERED.  THE HEILCOPTER CONTINUED TO FLY TO A POINT WHERE A SAFE LANDING COULD BE AMDE.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO ANY OF THE OCCUPANTS OF THE HELICAPTER.  INSPECTION OF THE HELICOPTER BLADES BY AN AVIANTION MAINTENANCE TECHNITION CERTIFIED THE BLADES TO REQUIRE ONLY MINOR MAINTENANCE.

## Other reports on N3416F (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20070506020799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070506020799I), May 6, 2007: Hiller UH12E (N3416F), Corning, KS, Minor damage. (-23) Received an anonymous letter indicating that the pilot's [privacy data omitted] nemaha valley aerial had struck a powerline near Corning, KS. Contacted…

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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