# NTSB OAK67A0079: Hiller UH-12A, N8107H, Fresno, CA, May 15, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 15, 1967
- Place: Fresno, CA · FRESNO, CA
- Location: 36.7477° N, 119.7724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fresno, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7477&lon=-119.7724&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 7, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 117770
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK67A0079
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK67A0079

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0225  67/5/15    FRESNO,CALIF        HILLER UH-12A       CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 5000
        TIME - 0900                    N8107H              PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   TOTAL HOURS, 4500 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON                       STATIC: IDLING ROTORS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 4500                       KIND OF OPERATION - DUSTING CROPS
          KIND OF CROP - FRUIT ORCHARDS                            TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC
          GOGGLES - NOT USED                                       CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED
          COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED                         CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED
          TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES                             TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT
          ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  370                 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM
        REMARKS- MAN WHO SUPPLIED CHEMICALS DISMOUNTED FROM HIS TRUCK AND WALKED INTO THE IDLING TAIL ROTOR.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8107H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8107H-1999-03-10), registration cancelled 1999-03-10, S/N 107 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH-12A
- Registry model: [Hiller UH-12A](https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12a) (registry code 4360104) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: 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.

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