# Accident 19800608032919A: Hiller UH12E, Elrod, IN, June 8, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 1980, 08:30 local time
- Place: Elrod, IN
- Airport: Versailles
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0598° N, 85.2446° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Versailles Airport, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0598&lon=-85.2446&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62421, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62421-2013-04-29) (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 UH12E
- Reported engine: LYC VO540C2A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,520 total, 725 in this make and model, 109 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800608032919A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT, MADE HARD EMERGENCY LANDING. SKIDS BROKE,  ROLLED OVER. FOUND BROKEN CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N62421 (1)

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

- [Accident 19860207049539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860207049539A), Feb 7, 1986: Hiller UH12E (N62421), Lodi, CA, Substantial damage. Engine quit during spray run. Skid struck furrowed ground on landing. Helicopter rolled onto its nose. Fuel exhausted.

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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