- Date
- July 16, 1980
- Place
- Cutbank, MT · CUTBANK, MT
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N603RAHiller Acft OH-23G
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800716026289A
- Case key
- 129612
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2128 80/7/16 NR.CUTBANK,MT HILLER ACFT OH-23G CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0800 N603RA PX- 0 2 0 POWER/PIPELINE 40, 2155 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1900 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CUTBANK,MT CONRAD,MT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- UNMARKED WIRES ACROSS RIVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N603RA
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft OH-23G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N603RA · 1
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