# Accident 19750505010609A: Hiller UH12E, Concrete, WA, May 5, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1975
- Place: Concrete, WA
- Airport: Finny Creek
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Vertical (Helicopter Only)
- Location: 48.5328° N, 121.7541° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Concrete, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5328&lon=-121.7541&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90469, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90469-2000-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller UH-12E (registry code 4360122, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 18 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA75DYE41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75DYE41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750505010609A

## Narrative

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

RPM DECR AFTER STARTED FWD MOTION FROM HOVER. HI TIME HELI PLT,LOW TIME IN TYPE. GUSTING TO 25K.

## 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 SEA75DYE41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75DYE41), May 5, 1975: Hiller Acft UH-12E (N90469), Concrete, WA, destroyed

## Other reports on N90469 (1)

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

- [Accident 19740324006469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740324006469A), Mar 24, 1974: Hiller UH12E (N90469), London, OR, Substantial damage. Plt thought he had pwr loss,started autorotation. Un maintain rotor RPM.lnd in stumps.

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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