- Date
- May 28, 1965
- Place
- Willows, CA · WILLOWS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9791CHiller UH12
- Status
- Completed · report July 6, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179174
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0238 65/5/28 NR.WILLOWS CALIF HILLER UH12 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0515 N9791C PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 46, 10150 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 115 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: EN ROUTE TO RELOADING AREA COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL-USED IMPROPER SIZE SPRAY BRACE-TOO WEAK INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT: SPRAY,DUSTING EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WRONG PART EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 8000 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING FORESTS KIND OF CROP - FOREST-TREES TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - BELLY TERRAIN-TYPE -MOUNTAINOUS ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 2150 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- PLT INSTLD SPRAY RIG FAILD IN FLITE-HIT ROTOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9791C
- Reported as
- Hiller UH12
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage