# Incident 20070506020799I: Hiller UH12E, Corning, KS, May 6, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2007
- Place: Corning, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6571° N, 96.0288° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Corning, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6571&lon=-96.0288&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 UH12E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 165 total, 43 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070506020799I

## Narrative

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

(-23) RECEIVED AN ANONYMOUS LETTER INDICATING THAT THE PILOT'S ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NEMAHA VALLEY AERIAL HAD STRUCK A POWERLINE NEAR CORNING, KS. CONTACTED THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY, WHO WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT UNDER PART 91, NOT 137 THE DAY OF THE OCCURENCE. HE STATED THAT WHILE DEPARTING THE AREA IN FRONT OF HIS HANGAR, HE DRIFTED UPWARDS AND STRUCK A POWERLINE THAT HE WAS FLYING UNDER. DAMAGE TO THE MAIN ROTOR CAME TO $4,000.00. THE POWER COMPANY WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT DAMAGE TO THEIR PROPERTY CAME TO LESS THAN $200.00. THE PILOT, ALSO OWNER OF THE PROPERTY REQUESTED THE POWER COMPANY COME OUT AND BURY THE LINE, WHICH THEY DID.

## Other reports on N3416F (1)

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

- [Incident 20000218004009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000218004009I), Feb 18, 2000: Hiller UH12D (N3416F), Huntington, OR, Minor damage. 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…

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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