# Accident 19810417017699A: Hiller UH12E, Lichfield Park, AZ, April 17, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1981, 21:00 local time
- Place: Lichfield Park, AZ
- Airport: Luke Afb
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.5350° N, 112.3832° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LUKE AFB (LUF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5350&lon=-112.3832&mi=10
- Aircraft: N113HA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N113HA-1984-01-25) (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: 1,548 total, 483 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810417017699A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK GROUND DESCENDING FOR FIRST SWATH RUN. GUSTY SURFACE WINDS. POSSIBLE DOWN DRAFT ENCOUNTERED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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