# Incident 19790713020699I: Hiller UH12C, Duquoin, IL, July 13, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1979, 14:30 local time
- Place: Duquoin, IL
- Airport: Helio Services
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Tkof-Abort-Copter Vertical
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0017° N, 89.2328° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Du Quoin, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0017&lon=-89.2328&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61MC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61MC-2007-07-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller UH-12C (registry code 4360116, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A&6V335 series (registry code 27020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a-6v335-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,530 total, 100 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790713020699I

## Narrative

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

AFTER CLIMBING TO 40 FEET RPM STARTED TO DECAY. LANDED SHORT OF HELIPAD AND TAIL STRUCK GROUND.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.