- Date
- May 5, 1969
- Place
- Victorville, CA · VICTORVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N86689Hiller UH-12L
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176271
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1967 69/5/5 NR.VICTORVILLE,CALIF HILLER UH-12L CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 7194 TIME - 1335 N86689 PX- 0 0 1 POWER/PIPELINE TOTAL HOURS, 158 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. 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 REMARKS- INSPECTING DISTRIBUTION LINE,FLEW UNDER PWR LINES,HIT PULL CABLE ATCHD TO PWR CABLE UNDER CONST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86689
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12L
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N86689Registration cancelled May 15, 2013 · Hiller UH-12L4Airframe modelHiller UH-12L4Engine modelLycoming VO-540 series
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Other investigations on N86689 · 1
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