# Accident 19750920038669A: Hiller UH12A, Brownsville, OR, September 20, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1975
- Place: Brownsville, OR
- Airport: Pioneer Villa
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 44.3845° N, 123.0582° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Pioneer Villa Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3845&lon=-123.0582&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8108H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8108H-2012-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller UH-12A (registry code 4360104, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6V-335 series (registry code 27039, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6v-335-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 53 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA76FYC20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76FYC20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750920038669A

## Narrative

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

CLUTCH PUCKS CHARRED,CLUTCH DRUM DISCOLORED FM OVERHEAT.T/D ON REAR OF SKID,M/R STRUCK TAILBOOM.

## 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 SEA76FYC20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76FYC20), Sep 20, 1975: Hiller Acft UH-12B (N8108H), Brownsville, OR, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8108H (2)

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

- [Accident 19831216061399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831216061399A), Dec 16, 1983: Hiller UH12A (N8108H), Van Nuys, CA, Substantial damage. Engine quit due to water in fuel. Made hard autorotation landing on a roof. Fuel cap gaskets leaked water into fuel
- [Accident 19770529016599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770529016599A), May 29, 1977: Hiller UH12C (N8108H), Albany, OR, Destroyed. Flying upriver 40-50FT AGL.struck elect transmission wire,fell into river.

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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