- Date
- August 15, 1976
- Place
- Sheep Mountain, AK · SHEEP MOUNTAIN, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N47078Hiller Acft UH12EJ
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760815032739A
- Case key
- 155085
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1792 76/8/15 SHEEP MOUNTAIN,AK HILLER ACFT UH12EJ CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 5856 TIME - 1930 N47078 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 82 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ORANGE HILLS,AK PALMER,AK GULKANA,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- HIT UNMARKED PWR LINES ABT 175FT AGL IN MTN PASS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47078
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft UH12EJ
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
N47078Registration cancelled Mar 18, 2013 · Hiller UH-12DAirframe modelHiller UH-12DEngine modelAllison 250 SER 400HP
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.