# Accident 19820915048639A: Hiller UH12E, Spirit Lake, WA, September 15, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1982, 09:36 local time
- Place: Spirit Lake, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Location: 46.1907° N, 122.1299° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.1907&lon=-122.1299&mi=10
- Aircraft: N513HA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N513HA) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,825 total, 245 in this make and model, 148 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA82DA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA164) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820915048639A

## Narrative

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

ALLOWED ROTOR RPM TO DECAY ON TESTING AUTOROTATION. HARD LANDING SHEARED TAIL BOOM.

## 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 SEA82DA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA164), Sep 15, 1982: Hiller-Soloy UH-12E (N513HA), Spirit Lake, WA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N513HA (1)

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

- [Accident 19880518070869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880518070869A), May 18, 1988: Hiller UH12E (N513HA), Anderson, CA, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel near destination. Main rotors chopped off tailboom on hand autorotation landing.

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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