# N169HA: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: August 10, 2012
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=169HA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N169HA

## Aircraft that carried N169HA

- [Cancelled 2012-08-10](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N169HA-2012-08-10): Hiller UH-12E, S/N HA3069, built 1977. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Helicair Ag Incorporated](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HELICAIR%20AG%20INCORPORATED), [Salinas, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Salinas)

## NTSB investigations on N169HA (3)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX89DVM02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89DVM02), Apr 26, 1989: Hiller UH-12E (N169HA), Salinas, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE SEPARATION OF THE TORSION COUPLING IN THE MAIN ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM.
- [NTSB LAX86FVM06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86FVM06), Aug 12, 1986: Hiller UH21E (N169HA), Salinas, CA, substantial damage
- [NTSB LAX81FVA28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FVA28), Mar 11, 1981: Hiller Acft UH12E (N169HA), Huron, CA, substantial damage

## FAA accident and incident reports on N169HA (4)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 19890426010059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890426010059A), Apr 26, 1989: Hiller UH12E (N169HA), Salinas, CA, Substantial damage. RPM increase and rotor decay on swath run. Sudden stop in lettuce field cut off tailboom. Torsion coupling failed.
- [Accident 19860812039359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860812039359A), Aug 12, 1986: Hiller UH12E (N169HA), Salinas, CA, Substantial damage. Ratcheting and power decay en route. Cartwheeled on landing. Foreign substance blocked upper housing oil orifice.
- [Accident 19810311009059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810311009059A), Mar 11, 1981: Hiller UH12E (N169HA), Huron, CA, Substantial damage. Tail rotor struck ground on spray run. Panic, pilot fatigue & careless operation possible factors.
- [Incident 19790727021749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790727021749I), Jul 27, 1979: Hiller UH12E (N169HA), Huron, CA. Spray boom of helicopter struck flagman.

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