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| Date: | Friday 11 June 1971 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Type: |  Hiller UH-12A |
| Owner/operator: | Ropps Air Service |
| Registration: | N8178H |
| MSN: | 178 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1950 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Brooks, OR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Hit power lines 50ft agl.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 August 2023 | N8178H | Rotor Wing Nuts LLC | 0 | Midwest National Air Center Airport (GPH/KGPH), Mosby, MO | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Apr-2024 09:46 | ASN | Updated [Operator, Damage, Narrative, ] |
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