# Incident 19880915054769I: Hiller UH12E, Walterboro, SC, September 15, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1988, 12:45 local time
- Place: Walterboro, SC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: DNBG
- Location: 32.8983° N, 80.6814° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Walterboro, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8983&lon=-80.6814&mi=10
- Aircraft: N146ET, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N146ET) (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: 2,010 total, 615 in this make and model, 186 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880915054769I

## Narrative

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

VIBRATION DURING SPRAYING OPERATION. AUTOROTATED TO A WINDROW. SPUR GEAR IN TRANSMISSION SPLIT. OTHER GEARS WORN.

## Other reports on N146ET (1)

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

- [Accident 20070709014499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070709014499A), Jul 9, 2007: Hiller UH12E (N146ET), Mcgrath, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) The rotorcraft was hovering with one skid on the surface of a knife edge shaped ridge. A gust of wind hit the rotorcraft causing the tailrotor to strike…

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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