- Date
- February 23, 1971
- Place
- Morgan Hill, CA · MORGAN HILL, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N90459Hiller UH12L4
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160155
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0615 71/2/23 MORGAN HILL,CALIF HILLER UH12L4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 4900 TIME - 1000 N90459 PX- 0 0 1 AERIAL SURVEY TOTAL HOURS, 760 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MORGAN HILL,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUNNING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT HIT LOG WHILE LIFTING,CRASHED,WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90459
- Reported as
- Hiller UH12L4
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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