# Accident 19810318010389A: Hiller UH12E, Umpqua, OR, March 18, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1981, 08:05 local time
- Place: Umpqua, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.3654° N, 123.4684° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Umpqua, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3654&lon=-123.4684&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90467, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90467-2017-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller UH-12E (registry code 4360122, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,735 total, 14 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA81FYK07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FYK07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810318010389A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL, CRASH LANDED IN TREES. FOUND FUEL GAUGES DEFECTIVE. AD ON MINIMUM FUEL PLACARD NOT COMPLIED.

## 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 SEA81FYK07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FYK07), Mar 18, 1981: Hiller Acft UH-12E (N90467), Umpqua, OR, substantial damage

## Other reports on N90467 (1)

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

- [Accident 19960514010509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960514010509A), May 14, 1996: Hiller UH12E (N90467), Homer, AK, Substantial damage. Helicopter crashed after takeoff from a prepared landing pad.

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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