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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Hiller UH12E · Ganado, TX · July 21, 1981

Date
July 21, 1981 · 10:00 local
Place
Ganado, TX
Airport
White
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N118HA
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW81FRA46
Reported as
Hiller UH12E
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,455 total440 in this make and model402 in the last 90 days

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.

Lost control of collective en route to spray area. Helicopter made uncontrolable descent.

As the FAA filed it

LOST CONTROL OF COLLECTIVE EN ROUTE TO SPRAY AREA. HELICOPTER MADE UNCONTROLABLE DESCENT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.