- Date
- April 4, 1970
- Place
- Greenleaf, OR · GREENLEAF, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5381VHiller Acft UH-12E
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 135229
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0673 70/4/4 GREENLEAF,OREG HILLER ACFT UH-12E CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1330 N5381V PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 36, 4200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1500 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENLEAF,OREG GREENLEAF,OREG TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOAD NOT JETTISONED SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - FOREST-TREES TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SLING LOADED ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 200 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UPWIND REMARKS- LANDED ON FERTILIZING BUCKET WITH L SKID.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5381V
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft UH-12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N5381VRegistered now · Hiller UH-12EAirframe modelHiller UH-12EEngine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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