Hiller Acft UH-12E N9770C

17 April 1975 · King City, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 17 April 1975 at about 05:50 local time, a Hiller Acft UH-12E registered N9770C, operated by Verticare, was involved in an accident during in flight near King City, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 17 April 1975 at 05:50
Classification: Accident
Location: King City, California, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Hiller Acft UH-12E
Registration: N9770C
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Verticare
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Crop Control Related Flight
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Quail Creek, Ca → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1124

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

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

WOBBLE PLATE PYLON ASSEMBLY FAILED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1124, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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