- Date
- July 7, 1966
- Place
- North Platte, NE · NORTH PLATTE, NE
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N90476Hiller UH12E
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171119
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0589 66/7/7 NR.NORTH PLATTE NEBR HILLER UH12E CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 6000 TIME - 0714 N90476 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 4500 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUNDERSTANDING OF ORDERS OR INSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - DEFOLIATION (LIQUID) KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - NOT AVAILABLE COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 2850 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- PILOT MISUNDERSTOOD RR SCHEDULE.N90476 WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY TRAIN WHILE SPRAYING RR TRACKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90476
- Reported as
- Hiller UH12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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Other investigations on N90476 · 2
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