Hiller Acft UH-12E N5370V

8 July 1980 · St Albans, West Virginia, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 8 July 1980 at about 08:16 local time, a Hiller Acft UH-12E registered N5370V, operated by Helo Minit MEN, was involved in an accident during in flight near St Albans, West Virginia, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 8 July 1980 at 08:16
Classification: Accident
Location: St Albans, West Virginia, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Hiller Acft UH-12E
Registration: N5370V
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Helo Minit MEN
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Corporate/Executive
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Huntington, Wv
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2073

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.

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TCHDWN ON LOG DRG FORCED LNDG.

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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 3-2073, 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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