# Accident 19800620021779A: Hiller UH12E, Gales Creek, OR, June 20, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 1980, 17:30 local time
- Place: Gales Creek, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 45.5865° N, 123.2148° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gales Creek, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5865&lon=-123.2148&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48220, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N48220) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller UH-12E4 (registry code 4360127, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12e4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,815 total, 800 in this make and model, 305 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80FYM41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FYM41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800620021779A

## Narrative

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

LOST ROTOR RPM WHILE HOVERING OVER AN ORCHARD. CRASH LANDED IN TREES. SUN GEAR FAILED, MAIN ROTOR DRIVE.

## 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 SEA80FYM41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FYM41), Jun 20, 1980: Hiller Acft UH-12E (N48220), Gales Creek, OR, 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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