- Date
- July 21, 1970
- Place
- Williams, AZ · WILLIAMS, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9728CHiller Acft SL-4
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107693
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4232 70/7/21 WILLIAMS,ARIZ HILLER ACFT SL-4 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 8000 TIME - 0800 N9728C PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 3000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KENDRICK MT BASE LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- PLT SAID HE LNDD TOO CLOSE TO PICKUP TRUCK,FAILED TO NOTICE WHIP ANTENNA.M/R BLADE HIT ANTENNA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9728C
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft SL-4
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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