Plane Crash List

Hiller UH-12E N5389V

8 August 1980 · Greybull, Wyoming, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 8 August 1980 at about 16:30 local time, a Hiller UH-12E registered N5389V, operated by Hawkins Powers, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Greybull, Wyoming, 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.

The record

Date
at 16:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Greybull, Wyoming, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Hiller UH-12E
Registration
N5389V
Category
Helicopter
Engines
1
Operator
Hawkins Powers
Operating rule
Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight
Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight
Landing
Route
Worland, Wy → Local
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-1982

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
3 0 0 0 3

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

ATTMPTD LNDG TO LEDGE ON LEE SIDE OF RIDGE.WIND GUSTS TO 24KTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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