# Accident 19811203077569A: Hiller UH12E, Nashville, OR, December 3, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 1981, 09:40 local time
- Place: Nashville, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Location: 44.6535° N, 123.6084° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nashville, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6535&lon=-123.6084&mi=10
- Aircraft: N161HA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N161HA-2004-08-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller UH-12E (registry code 4360122, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 series (registry code 03014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12E
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,511 total, 995 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA82DYM07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DYM07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811203077569A

## Narrative

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

FUELED HELICOPTER FROM UNFILTERED FUEL TRUCK DRAIN HOSE. ENGINE QUIT IN HOVER DUE TO WATER IN FUEL, FILL LID LEAK.

## 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 SEA82DYM07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DYM07), Dec 3, 1981: Hiller Acft UH-12E (N161HA), Nashville, OR, substantial damage

## Other reports on N161HA (5)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19931120043959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931120043959A), Nov 20, 1993: Hiller UH12E (N161HA), Salinas, CA, Substantial damage. On swath run loud pop. Collective began oscillate. Landed. Spray boom caused rollover. Corroded cracked torsion pin
- [Incident 19881001043569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881001043569I), Oct 1, 1988: Hiller UH12E (N161HA), Salinas, CA, Minor damage. Helicopter idling and unoccupied on ground struck by loading truck. Pilot in truck. Main and tail rotors damaged.
- [Accident 19850705029529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850705029529A), Jul 5, 1985: Hiller UH12E (N161HA), Gonzales, CA, Substantial damage. Engine power loss, landed in field, rolled onto side. Electric boost pump inlet bushing was bogus part leaking air.
- [Accident 19841005054429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841005054429A), Oct 5, 1984: Hiller UH12E (N161HA), Firebaugh, CA, Substantial damage. Spray boom struck cotton plant stalks during spray run. Pitched helicopter nose down, impacted ground.
- [Accident 19790511020589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790511020589A), May 11, 1979: Hiller UH12E (N161HA), Independence, OR, Substantial damage. Ag copter crashed out of control in a wheat field.. Found evidence push rod failed.

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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