# Accident 19790810024779A: Hiller UH12E, Tuscaloosa, AL, August 10, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1979, 08:20 local time
- Place: Tuscaloosa, AL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.2098° N, 87.5692° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tuscaloosa, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2098&lon=-87.5692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N702WA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N702WA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller UH-12E (registry code 4360122, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,737 total, 131 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79DKJ59](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DKJ59) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790810024779A

## Narrative

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

THE TENSION-TORSION PIN, HILLER P/N 51452, FAILED DUE TO FATIGUE.

## 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 MIA79DKJ59](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DKJ59), Aug 10, 1979: Hiller Acft UH-12E (N702WA), Tuscaloosa, AL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N702WA (2)

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

- [Incident 19840730042239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840730042239I), Jul 30, 1984: Hiller UH12E (N702WA), Gilbert, AZ, Destroyed. Destroyed by fire when it fell off reloading truck. Landed lengthwise on truck instead of widthwise.
- [Accident 19810710040729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810710040729A), Jul 10, 1981: Hiller UH12E (N702WA), Centerville, AL, Destroyed. Tail rotor gears stripped during low level spray run, spun into trees.

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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