# Accident 19810417018049A: Hiller UH12D, Cahokia, IL, April 17, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1981, 20:30 local time
- Place: Cahokia, IL
- Airport: Bistate Parks
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5709° N, 90.1901° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cahokia, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5709&lon=-90.1901&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2MJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2MJ-2012-08-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller H-23D (registry code 4360120, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-h-23d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,350 total, 245 in this make and model, 135 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FCA05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FCA05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810417018049A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER RAN OUT OF FUEL AND CRASHED DURING AUTOROTATION LANDING ON AIRPORT.

## 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 CHI81FCA05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FCA05), Apr 17, 1981: Hiller UH-12D (N2MJ), Cahokia, IL, substantial damage

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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