# Accident 19730711023729A: Hiller UH12E, Bettles, AK, July 11, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 1973
- Place: Bettles, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Power On Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Location: 66.9073° N, 151.5381° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bettles, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.9073&lon=-151.5381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9743C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9743C-2013-07-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller UH-12E (registry code 4360122, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-540 series (registry code 41534, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,070 total, 1,350 in this make and model, 260 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC74AA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74AA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730711023729A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ATTEMPTED LDG ON MTN RIDGE,WIND GUSTING TO 30K. GEOLOGICAL STUDIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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 ANC74AA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74AA006), Jul 11, 1973: Hiller Acft UH-12E (N9743C), Bettles, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9743C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19960723019609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960723019609A), Jul 23, 1996: Hiller UH12E (N9743C), Mt Holly, AR, Substantial damage. (-23)On July 23, 1996, at 1913 (LCL), a Hiller UH12E, N9743C, operated by summit helicopters, inc., cloverdael, VA, a commerical agricultural operator,…

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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