Hiller Acft SL-4 N9728C

Summary

On 21 July 1970 at about 08:00 local time, a Hiller Acft SL-4 registered N9728C, operated by H Wayne Learn, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Williams, Arizona, 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

21 July 1970 at 08:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Williams, Arizona, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Hiller Acft SL-4

Registration

N9728C

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

H Wayne Learn

Operating rule

Air Taxi Operator

Purpose of flight

Air Taxi-Passenger Operations

Phase of flight

Landing

Route

Kendrick Mt Base → Local

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Daylight

NTSB number

3-4232

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 SAID HE LNDD TOO CLOSE TO PICKUP TRUCK, FAILED TO NOTICE WHIP ANTENNA.M/R BLADE HIT ANTENNA.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.