# Accident 19780819025369A: Hiller UH12C, Vinton, LA, August 19, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 1978
- Place: Vinton, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 30.1954° N, 93.5822° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vinton, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1954&lon=-93.5822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N529HA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N529HA-2018-01-04) (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
- Reported engine: LYC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,540 total, 40 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78DRA38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DRA38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780819025369A

## Narrative

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

FUEL PUMP ROMECO RG15980E

## 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 FTW78DRA38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DRA38), Aug 19, 1978: Hiller UH-12E (N529HA), Vinton, LA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N529HA (1)

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

- [Incident 19810128006469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810128006469I), Jan 28, 1981: Hiller UH12E (N529HA), Keechi, TX, Minor damage. Fuel exhaustion due to bladder tank being deformed. Caused erroneous fuel quanity guage reading

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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