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SEA68A0028

1967-09-27 · PRIEST RIVER, Idaho, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
HILLER UH-12E · N90465
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D4
Operator type
Public use
Kind of flying
CT

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
180° / 15 kt
Temp
40° F

Aircraft history

Total time
1,415 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
5,200
Age
31

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TRUCK 4 FT TREE.

Investigator remarks

HOVERING TURN,MADE INTO SETTING SUN.TAIL-ROTOR S

Cause factors

  • 64/A/15 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/79 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SUNGLARE Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 2 1069. Source file NTSB_1967_2_1069.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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