# Accident 19790613016639A: Hiller UH12L, Montrose, CO, June 13, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 1979, 10:55 local time
- Place: Montrose, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Rotors
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4688° N, 107.8590° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Montrose, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4688&lon=-107.8590&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5349V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5349V-1991-10-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller UH-12L (registry code 4360126, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,387 total, 310 in this make and model, 94 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79DA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79DA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790613016639A

## Narrative

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

RESCUE HELICOPTER MADE PRECARIOUS ONE-SKID LANDING. EMPLANING PASSENGER HIT CONTROLS. ROTORS STRUCK GROUND.

## 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 DEN79DA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79DA043), Jun 13, 1979: Hiller UH-12L (N5349V), Montrose, CO, substantial damage

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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