Hiller Acft UH12EJ N110EH

13 June 1978 · Forks, Washington, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 13 June 1978 at about 09:00 local time, a Hiller Acft UH12EJ registered N110EH, operated by Harold K.gunte, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Forks, Washington, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 13 June 1978 at 09:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Forks, Washington, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Hiller Acft UH12EJ
Registration: N110EH
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Harold K.gunte
Operating rule: Contract Carrier
Purpose of flight: Charter Cargo-Domestic
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: Dickey Lake, Wa → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1366

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	1	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

EXTERNAL CABLE HOOK CAUGHT TREE TOP, EXTENDED CABLE & CAME FREE. HOOK WAS SLUNG INTO M/R BLADES.

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 3-1366, 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.

Also in

United States 170,864 1978 4,698

Other Hiller Acft UH12EJ accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
15 Aug 1976	Hiller Acft UH12EJ N47078	Sheep Mountain, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Woods Air Serv	Fatal	1

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
14 Apr 1978	Cessna 150L N1531Q	Hallandale, Mississippi, United States no coordinates	Boardman Aviat	Serious injuries	-
3 Jun 1978	Cessna 310Q N7600Q	Destin, Florida, United States no coordinates	Araguel Sander	No injuries	-
29 Apr 1978	Beechcraft S-35 N7971K	Audubon, Iowa, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	5
29 May 1978	Piper PA-23 N5850Y	Longdale, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
11 Aug 1978	Bell 47G4A N473FW	New Rochelle, New York, United States no coordinates	Island Helicop	No injuries	-
23 Apr 1978	Piper PA-31 N49MC	Arlington, Indiana, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	9

All 170,864 records in United States