# Accident 19810819050659A: Hiller UH12E, Riggins, ID, August 19, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 1981, 16:30 local time
- Place: Riggins, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 45.4206° N, 116.3176° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Riggins, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4206&lon=-116.3176&mi=10
- Aircraft: N544HA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N544HA-1982-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller UH-12E (registry code 4360122, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12E
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 26 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA81FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810819050659A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER DEPARTED JUST PRIOR TO APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM. CRASHED TWO AND ONE HALF MILES FROM DEPARTURE POINT.

## 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 SEA81FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FA053), Aug 19, 1981: Soloy UH-12E (N544HA), Riggins, ID, destroyed, 3 fatal

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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