# Accident 19780208000849A: Hiller UH12C, Quillayute, WA, February 8, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 1978
- Place: Quillayute, WA
- Airport: Quillayute
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Location: 47.9366° N, 124.5626° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at QUILLAYUTE (UIL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9366&lon=-124.5626&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87977 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,700 total, 75 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA78DYE08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78DYE08-201243) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780208000849A

## Narrative

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

FUEL ON SHOE SOLE.FOOT SLIPPED OFF RUDDER PEDAL. HIT FUEL TANK.

## 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 SEA78DYE08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78DYE08-201243), Feb 8, 1978: Hiller Acft UH-12D (N87977), Quillayute, WA, destroyed

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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