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| Date: | Wednesday 5 August 1987 |
| Time: | 06:30 LT |
| Type: |  Hiller UH-23D |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N61PC |
| MSN: | 1309 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2502 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-540 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Brentwood, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DURING AN AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT, THE TAIL BOOM WEIGHT SEPARATED AND CONTACTED THE TAIL ROTOR. THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND COLLIDED WITH A TREE AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE TERRAIN. POST ACC INVEST REVEALED THAT THE 'PIP PINS' WHICH SECURE THE TAIL BOOM WEIGHT BROKE IN FLT ALLOWING MOVEMENT OF THE WEIGHT.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX87DVD04
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 February 2000 | N61PC | Doff Cooksey | 0 | BYRON, California | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 26-Mar-2024 17:32 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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