# Accident 19840112028009A: Hiller UH12C, San Juan, Puerto Rico, January 12, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 1984, 12:30 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Location: 18.4663° N, 66.1057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Juan, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4663&lon=-66.1057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5317V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5317V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller UH-12C (registry code 4360116, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6V4 series (registry code 27033, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6v4-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,450 total, 609 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA84FA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84FA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840112028009A

## Narrative

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

TRAPEZE PERFORMER LOST HIS GRIP ON A ROPE SLING BELOW THE HELICOPTER AND FELL TO THE GROUND. NO FORM 337 FOR SLING.

## 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 MIA84FA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84FA058), Jan 12, 1984: Hiller UH-12C (N5317V), San Juan, PR, no damage, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N5317V (1)

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

- [Accident 19990716009169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990716009169A), Jul 16, 1999: Hiller UH12C (N5317V), Venice, FL, Substantial damage. Power failure in flight. Aircraft soft landed in gulf of Mexico.(.19) on July 16, 1999, at 0812 eastern daylight time, a Hiller UH12-C, N5317V, ditched into…

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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