# Accident 19880930044779A: Hiller UH12E, Mcfarland, CA, September 30, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1988, 17:00 local time
- Place: Mcfarland, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: CUFA
- Location: 35.6675° N, 119.2322° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McFarland, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6675&lon=-119.2322&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46991, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N46991-2013-08-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller OH-23D (registry code 4360123, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-oh-23d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12E
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 276 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX88DVA17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88DVA17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880930044779A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL ON TAKEOFF. HELICOPTER IMPACTED IN HIGH COTTON AND ROLLED OVER.

## 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 LAX88DVA17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88DVA17), Oct 1, 1988: Hiller UH12E (N46991), Mcfarland, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N46991 (1)

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

- [Accident 19870219006079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870219006079A), Feb 19, 1987: Hiller STCUH12 (N46991), Coalinga, CA, Substantial damage. The engine failed from fuel exhaustion. The helicopter landed hard. The pilot reported fuel gauge inoperative.

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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