- Date
- November 19, 1976
- Place
- Ephrata, WA · EPHRATA, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5380VHiller Acft UH-12E
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761119035779A
- Case key
- 156381
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3521 76/11/19 NR.EPHRATA,WA HILLER ACFT UH-12E CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1600 N5380V PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION AGE 26, 3500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 400 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EPHRATA,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- STRINGING PWR LINES.WORKING BETWEEN HI-TENSION LINE & STATIC LINE,STRUCK STATIC LINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5380V
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft UH-12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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 N5380V · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.