- Date
- November 17, 1966
- Place
- Castaic, CA · CASTAIC, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5350VHiller UH-12E
- Status
- Completed · report May 24, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120048
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1037 66/11/17 NR.CASTAIC CALIF HILLER UH-12E CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 1825 TIME - 0945 N5350V PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION TOTAL HOURS, 613 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- PILOT WAS POSITIONING A GIN POLE, DRIFTED FWD. TAIL-ROTOR STRUCK GIN POLE AS PLT BACKED HELICOPTER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5350V
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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