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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Hiller UH-12E · Kearny, NJ · June 8, 1981

Date: June 8, 1981 · 08:30 local
Place: Kearny, NJ
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N44B
Reported as: Hiller UH12E
Reported engine: Lycoming VO540C2A
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 791 total96 in this make and model133 in the last 90 days

N44BRegistration cancelled Nov 29, 2012 · Hiller UH-12ES/N 2091 · Built 1961 Airframe modelHiller UH-12E Engine modelLycoming VO-540 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Engine failed in flight. Landed in swamp. Found connecting rod broken.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILED IN FLIGHT. LANDED IN SWAMP. FOUND CONNECTING ROD BROKEN.