- Date
- December 21, 1968
- Place
- Brightwood, OR · BRIGHTWOOD, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3820Hiller UH-12E
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191964
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4699 68/12/21 BRIGHTWOOD,OREG HILLER UH-12E CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 3972 TIME - 0850 N3820 PX- 0 0 1 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 1200 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 1500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 25 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 450 KIND OF OPERATION - SEEDING FORESTS KIND OF CROP - FOREST-TREES TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-TOXIC 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 - SIDES TERRAIN-TYPE -MOUNTAINOUS ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 2500 REMARKS- M/R STRUCK EMBANKMENT AS ACFT WAS LOWERED FOR A LNDG FROM A HOVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3820
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3820Registration cancelled Nov 13, 2012 · Hiller UH-12EAirframe modelHiller UH-12EEngine modelLycoming VO-540 series
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