# Accident 19800819040989A: Hiller UH12D, Tillamook, OR, August 19, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 1980, 08:00 local time
- Place: Tillamook, OR
- Airport: Tillamook
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Vertical (Helicopter Only)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4182° N, 123.8144° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TILLAMOOK (TMK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4182&lon=-123.8144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59366, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59366-2013-07-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller UH-12D (registry code 4360118, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 series (registry code 03014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,819 total, 856 in this make and model, 233 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80DYM55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYM55) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800819040989A

## Narrative

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

TRIED TO LIFT HELICOPTER OFF FLAT BED IN A VERTICAL TAKEOFF. REAR SKID NOT INTIED. HELICOPTER ROLLED OVER.

## 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 SEA80DYM55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYM55), Aug 19, 1980: Hiller Acft UH-12E (N59366), Tillamook, OR, substantial damage

## Other reports on N59366 (2)

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

- [Accident 19931126049159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931126049159A), Nov 26, 1993: Hiller UH12D (N59366), Sublimity, OR, Substantial damage. Lifting trees on long line struck wires. Had surveyed field prior but failed to see the wires.
- [Accident 19820308002999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820308002999A), Mar 8, 1982: Hiller UH12E (N59366), Mount Angel, OR, Substantial damage. Main rotors struck a pickup truck as the pilot was landing to check out sling load operation.

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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