# Incident 20090811049189I: Hiller-Roge UH12E, Pence Springs, WV, August 11, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2009, 10:30 local time
- Place: Pence Springs, WV
- Airport: Pence Springs
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: BHHG
- Location: 37.6782° N, 80.7251° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pence Springs, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6782&lon=-80.7251&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4034Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4034Z-2012-11-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller-Rogerson Helicopter UH12E (registry code 4361101, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-rogerson-helicopter-uh12e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER-ROGE UH12E
- Reported engine: ROLLS ROYCE C20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 9,800 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090811049189I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED HE KNEW THERE WAS A POWER LINE UP RIVER BETWEEN SITE G18 AND G19, THE NEXT SPRAY POINT SO HE LOOKED FOR IT IN HIS TURN. HE DID NOT SEE THE POWER LINE AND LEVELED OFF BELOW THE TOP OF RIDGE AND  PICKED UP A HEADING TO THE LEFT OF THE TRACK HE FLEW IN ON AND FOCUSED HIS ATTENTION ON SETTING THE GPS FOR NEXT WAYPOINT. WHEN HE LOOKED UP FROM THE GPS HE SAW THE POWER LINE AND PULLED BACK HARD AND RIGHT ON CYCLIC.HE MISSED THE CONDUCTORS BUT HIT THE STATIC WIRE ABOVE THEM. THE AIRCRAFT RESPONDED NORMALLY AND HE LANDED IN A NEARBY CORNFIELD.

## Other reports on N4034Z (2)

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

- [Accident 20101115051819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101115051819A), Nov 15, 2010: Hiller-Roge UH12E (N4034Z), Madison, FL, Substantial damage. On November 15, 2010, at approximately 1110 EST, a Hiller UH-12E, N4034Z, registered to summit helicopters, inc (bhhg), landed hard during a maneuvering turn…
- [Accident 19900501013189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900501013189A), May 1, 1990: Hiller UH12E (N4034Z), Brookneal, VA, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel while circling to find spray area limits. Autorotated into trees. Forestry spray operation.

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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