# Accident 19811026069469A: Hiller UH12C, La Porte, TX, October 26, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 1981, 14:00 local time
- Place: La Porte, TX
- Airport: La Porte
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6693° N, 95.0642° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LA PORTE MUNI (T41), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6693&lon=-95.0642&mi=10
- Aircraft: N133TA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 407 total, 69 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82FRA04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRA04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811026069469A

## Narrative

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

MADE PRACTICE AUTOROTATION TO HOVER. STUDENT ALLOWED RPM DECAY. MOVED SIDEWAYS TO GROUND IMPACT. CFI SUPERVISION.

## 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 FTW82FRA04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRA04), Oct 26, 1981: Hiller Acft UH-12C (N133TA), La Porte, TX, 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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