# Accident 19880708026539A: Hiller UH12D, Bakersfield, CA, July 8, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1988, 21:30 local time
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Airport: Bakersfield Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: ROKG
- Location: 35.3249° N, 118.9960° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BAKERSFIELD MUNI (L45), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3249&lon=-118.9960&mi=10
- Aircraft: N646JS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N646JS-2018-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller UH-12D (registry code 4360118, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12D
- Reported engine: LYC VO540C2A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 150 in this make and model, 84 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX88DUM04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88DUM04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880708026539A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILURE WHILE CROP DUSTING. ABRUPT MANEUVER TO AVOID OBSTACLES. HAD LOSS OF ROTOR RPM, CRASHED IN FIELD.

## 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 LAX88DUM04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88DUM04), Jul 9, 1988: Hiller UH-12D (N646JS), Winterhaven, CA, destroyed

## Other reports on N646JS (1)

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

- [Accident 19880404070959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880404070959A), Apr 4, 1988: Hiller UH12D (N646JS), Bakersfield, CA, Substantial damage. Encountered IMC over mountains. Reversed course but overshot airport. Ran out of fuel. Hard 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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