- Date
- May 24, 1966
- Place
- Mt.Seymour, Canada · MT.SEYMOUR,BC, Canada
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N90482Hiller UH-12L
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171443
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0095 66/5/24 MT.SEYMOUR,BC CAN HILLER UH-12L CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 3740 TIME - 1235 N90482 PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: ELECTRONIC TOWERS IN FLIGHT: HOVERING COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- INVESTIGATED AND REPORTED BY CANADIAN GOVT. MAIN RTR BLDS STRUCK TWR,2 WORKMEN FELL FRM TWR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90482
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12L
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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