Hiller Acft UH-12E N5367V

Summary

On 5 March 1974 at about 07:20 local time, a Hiller Acft UH-12E registered N5367V, operated by Columbia Const, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Mt Hood, Oregon, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 March 1974 at 07:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Mt Hood, Oregon, United States

Nearest airport

Woods

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Hiller Acft UH-12E

Registration

N5367V

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

Columbia Const

Operating rule

Contract Carrier

Purpose of flight

Construction Work

Phase of flight

Landing

Route

S → Local

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dawn

NTSB number

3-0312

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PLT DID NOT RETRACT 50FT CABLE AND HOOK.HOOK CAUGHT ON TREES DURING LDG AND UPSET HELICOPTER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.