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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Hiller UH-12E · Huron, CA · April 3, 1981

Date: April 3, 1981 · 17:00 local
Place: Huron, CA
Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4027D
Reported as: Hiller UH12E
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,600 total400 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N4027DRegistered now · Hiller UH-12ES/N 5072 Airframe modelHiller UH-12E

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Main rotor blade skin separated and demolished tail rotor and transmission. Pilot landed ok.

As the FAA filed it

MAIN ROTOR BLADE SKIN SEPARATED AND DEMOLISHED TAIL ROTOR AND TRANSMISSION. PILOT LANDED OK.

Other reports on N4027D · 3

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

Accident 19950901027639APwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate · Dos Palos, CADuring spray run vibration severe yaw and spin. Impacted hard. Had lost a tail rotor blade. Tt bar fatigue failure.Sep 1, 1995 · Substantial damage Accident 19830107000309ATo Vertical (Helicopter Only) · Vacaville, CARotor blades struck a powerline when helicopter lifted from a levee. Pilot landed ok but slid off into a ditch.Jan 7, 1983 · Substantial damage Accident 19790427007179ALow Level Operations · Gustine, CAPilot hit a wire while spraying agricultural chemicals.Apr 27, 1979 · Substantial damage