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| Date: | Friday 19 October 1973 |
| Time: | 06:40 |
| Type: |  Hiller UH-12E |
| Owner/operator: | Verticare,Inc. |
| Registration: | N5374V |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | El Centro, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Local | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
T/R STRUCK GRND.SUBSTL DMG.DRG INVEST PLT INADVERTENTLY LIT MATCH.ACFT CONSUMED BY FIRE.SPRY BEETS
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
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