- Date
- May 15, 1980
- Place
- Forks, WA · FORKS, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5359VHiller Acft UH-12E
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800515014009A
- Case key
- 131259
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0777 80/5/15 NR.FORKS,WA HILLER ACFT UH-12E CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR, TIME - 0925 N5359V PX- 0 0 0 CTR CARGO-D 5000 TOTAL HOURS, 1800 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORKS,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- HEL STRINGING LN FM LOGGING TWR.LN TIGHTENED,PULLED ACFT ON ITS SIDE.UN MAN OR ELECTRICAL RLS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5359V
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft UH-12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
N5359VRegistration cancelled Jun 7, 2013 · Hiller UH-12EAirframe modelHiller UH-12EEngine modelAllison 250 series
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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 N5359V · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX84LA428Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportDelano, CAThe Hiller UH-12 helicopter (with a soloy conversion) was on a spray run when the eng began losing power. The plt headed for an 'open spot in the trees', but all power was lost the acft collided with almond trees. Only 15 to 18 ozs of fuel were remaining in…NTSB SEA78FYE16Accident · No injuriesClosedForks, WANTSB ANC76DAG17Accident · No injuriesClosedKenai, AK