# Accident 19810721043509A: Hiller UH12E, Ganado, TX, July 21, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1981, 10:00 local time
- Place: Ganado, TX
- Airport: White
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0417° N, 96.5110° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ganado, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0417&lon=-96.5110&mi=10
- Aircraft: N118HA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,455 total, 440 in this make and model, 402 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FRA46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FRA46) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810721043509A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 FTW81FRA46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FRA46), Jul 21, 1981: Hiller Acft UH-12E (N118HA), Ganado, TX, destroyed

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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