# Accident 19850615025469A: Hiller UH12A, Warm Springs, OR, June 15, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 1985, 21:51 local time
- Place: Warm Springs, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7635° N, 121.2662° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Warm Springs, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7635&lon=-121.2662&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4732C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4732C-2014-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller UH-12A (registry code 4360104, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6V4 series (registry code 27033, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6v4-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12A
- Reported engine: FRNKLN 6V4178B33
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 342 total, 3 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850615025469A

## Narrative

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

MECHANIC FAILED TO SAFETY WIRE THE NUT ON BOTTOM OF FUEL STRAINER BOWL. NUT BACKED OFF, LET AIR IN. ENGINE QUIT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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