# Incident 19810403024639I: Hiller UH12E, Huron, CA, April 3, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 1981, 17:00 local time
- Place: Huron, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2044° N, 120.0951° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huron, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2044&lon=-120.0951&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4027D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4027D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller UH-12E (registry code 4360122, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 400 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810403024639I

## Narrative

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

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 19950901027639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950901027639A), Sep 1, 1995: Hiller UH12E (N4027D), Dos Palos, CA, Substantial damage. During spray run vibration severe yaw and spin. Impacted hard. Had lost a tail rotor blade. Tt bar fatigue failure.
- [Accident 19830107000309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830107000309A), Jan 7, 1983: Hiller UH12E (N4027D), Vacaville, CA, Substantial damage. Rotor blades struck a powerline when helicopter lifted from a levee. Pilot landed ok but slid off into a ditch.
- [Accident 19790427007179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790427007179A), Apr 27, 1979: Hiller UH12E (N4027D), Gustine, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot hit a wire while spraying agricultural chemicals.

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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