Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary LAX86LA242

THERMAL, CA, USA

Aircraft #1

N8503W

HILLER UH-12E

Analysis

THE HELICOPTER COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN DURING A MANEUVERING TURN WHILE APPLYING A PESTICIDE TO A CULTIVATED FIELD. THE ACFT WAS SEEN ON THE PASS JUST PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT AND THE ACFT APPEARED TO BE LOWER THAN USUAL. THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED BY POST-IMPACT FIRE.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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