- Date
- March 25, 1969
- Place
- Sinclair, WY · SINCLAIR, WY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N617Hiller Acft FH1100
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185297
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2494 69/3/25 SINCLAIR,WYO HILLER ACFT FH1100 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0912 N617 PX- 1 0 0 POWER/PIPELINE AGE 49, 10796 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 410 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CASPER,WYO CHEYENNE,WYO UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- HIT STEEL STATIC WIRE ACROSS CANYON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N617
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft FH1100
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
N617Registration cancelled Jun 4, 1970 · Fairchild Hiller FH-1100Airframe modelFairchild Hiller FH-1100
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.