# Accident 19780720020709A: Hiller UH12C, Adrian, OR, July 20, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1978
- Place: Adrian, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 43.7408° N, 117.0709° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Adrian, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7408&lon=-117.0709&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67696, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67696-2013-05-01) (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 UH12C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,749 total, 1,900 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA78DYA18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78DYA18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780720020709A

## Narrative

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

LND IN RAVINE. FUEL GAUGE INOP.

## 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 SEA78DYA18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78DYA18), Jul 20, 1978: Hiller Acft UH-12E (N67696), Adrian, OR, destroyed

## Other reports on N67696 (1)

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

- [Incident 19990411024599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990411024599I), Apr 11, 1999: Hiller UH12E (N67696), Hollister, CA, Substantial damage. On or about April 11, 1999, a Hiller UH-12E helicopter, N67696, owned by grady w. cantrill, was involved in a ground incident during an agricultural aircraft…

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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