- Date
- December 8, 1978
- Place
- Ivanhoe, CA · IVANHOE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N64741Hiller UH-12E
- Status
- Completed · report January 2, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781208036509A
- Case key
- 139168
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3264 78/12/8 NR.IVANHOE,CA HILLER UH-12E CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 858 TIME - 0400 N64741 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 81 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION IVANHOE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - ANTI-FROST OPERATIONS KIND OF CROP - FRUIT ORCHARDS TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 350 DENSE WITH TREES SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- HIT POWERLINE WHILE INVOLVED IN FROST CONTROL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64741
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N64741 · 1
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