# Incident 19800617081349I: Hiller UH12E, Belmar, NJ, June 17, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1980, 16:15 local time
- Place: Belmar, NJ
- Airport: Monmouth
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1797° N, 74.0244° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Belmar, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1797&lon=-74.0244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65120, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65120-2013-06-27) (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: 1,800 total, 300 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/19800617081349I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HOVERING DURING ENGINE TEST, NOT IN ASSIGNED LOCATION. DAMAGED AIRCRAFT IN AUTOROTATION, NO PROBLEMS FOUND

## Other reports on N65120 (1)

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

- [Accident 19880816033959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880816033959A), Aug 16, 1988: Hiller UH12E (N65120), Thermal, CA, Substantial damage. Engine quit on climbout. Impacted ground and flipped over. Water and mud in fuel from delapidated fueling platform.

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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