- Date
- March 22, 1980
- Place
- Mineral Wells, TX · MINERAL WELLS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9740CHiller UH-12E
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800322008519A
- Case key
- 132020
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0597 80/3/22 MINERAL WELLS,TX HILLER UH-12E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 10239 TIME - 1100 N9740C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5026 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MILLSAP,TX LOCAL MINERAL WELLS,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: POWER-ON DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- HIT TELFON WIRES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9740C
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9740CRegistration cancelled May 24, 2013 · Hiller UH-12EAirframe modelHiller UH-12EEngine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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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.
Other investigations on N9740C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.