# Accident 19730722027359A: Hiller UH12A, Springtown, TX, July 22, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 1973
- Place: Springtown, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 32.9693° N, 97.6804° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springtown, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9693&lon=-97.6804&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8145H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8145H-2020-05-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller UH-12A (registry code 4360104, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,142 total, 1,475 in this make and model, 141 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74DPD14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DPD14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730722027359A

## Narrative

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

PIECE OF COTTER PIN LODGED IN PUMP HOUSING,SHEARED DRIVE SHAFT.LND ON SLOPING PLOWED FLD.HIT STUMP

## 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 FTW74DPD14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DPD14), Jul 22, 1973: Hiller Acft UH-12A (N8145H), Springtown, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8145H (1)

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

- [Accident 19740330007869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740330007869A), Mar 30, 1974: Hiller UH12A (N8145H), Gouldbusk, TX, Substantial damage. Plt returng to ranch at lo alt followng coyote hunt-lost pwr drg pull up ovr pwr lines.

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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