Hiller Acft UH-12E N5359V

15 May 1980 · Forks, Washington, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 15 May 1980 at about 09:25 local time, a Hiller Acft UH-12E registered N5359V, operated by Olympic Air, was involved in an accident during in flight near Forks, Washington, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 15 May 1980 at 09:25
Classification: Accident
Location: Forks, Washington, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Hiller Acft UH-12E
Registration: N5359V
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Olympic Air
Operating rule: Contract Carrier
Purpose of flight: Charter Cargo-Domestic
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0777

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	1	0	0

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

HEL STRINGING LN FM LOGGING TWR.LN TIGHTENED, PULLED ACFT ON ITS SIDE.UN MAN OR ELECTRICAL RLS.

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 3-0777, 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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