# Accident 19800808034539A: Hiller UH12D, Coalville, UT, August 8, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1980, 13:00 local time
- Place: Coalville, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Vertical (Helicopter Only)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9074° N, 111.4212° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coalville, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9074&lon=-111.4212&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31332, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31332-2013-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller UH-12D (registry code 4360118, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TVO-435-GIA (registry code 41526, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tvo-435-gia) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12D
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,375 total, 1,115 in this make and model, 343 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80DTM36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80DTM36) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800808034539A

## Narrative

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

TRIED TO TAKE OFF NEAR GROSS IN HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE & GUSTY WIND. COULD NOT GET TRANSLATIONAL LIFT. STRUCK TREES.

## 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 DEN80DTM36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80DTM36), Aug 8, 1980: Hiller Acft UH-12D (N31332), Coalville, UT, 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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