# NTSB LAX68A0047: Hiller UH-12E, N5341V, Peach Sprngs, AZ, March 8, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 8, 1967
- Place: Peach Sprngs, AZ · PEACH SPRNGS, AZ
- Location: 35.5314° N, 113.4320° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Peach Springs, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5314&lon=-113.4320&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 21, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 119200
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX68A0047
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX68A0047

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0655   67/3/8    UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTEDHILLER UH-12E       CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 7000
        TIME - 1400                    N5341V              PX-  0  0  0  CTR PASSG-D               TOTAL HOURS, 1700 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
        REMARKS- USGS CONTRACT-TAIL SWUNG SIDEWAYS INTO TREE DURING LDG ON MTN CLEARING.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5341V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5341V-1969-04-21), registration cancelled 1969-04-21, S/N 2013 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH-12E
- Registry model: [Hiller UH-12E](https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12e) (registry code 4360122) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N5341V (3)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC67A0020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC67A0020), Aug 19, 1966: Hiller UH-12E (N5341V), Dillingham, AK, substantial damage
- [NTSB SEA66A0013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA66A0013), Aug 16, 1965: Hiller UH12E (N5341V), Crowley, OR, substantial damage
- [NTSB UNK64X2294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2294), Jun 14, 1964: Hiller 12E (N5341V), Jacob Lake, AZ, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.