# Accident 19891029066509A: Hiller UH12D, Mentor, OH, October 29, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 1989, 14:05 local time
- Place: Mentor, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6902° N, 81.3359° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mentor, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6902&lon=-81.3359&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63LC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63LC-1992-02-05) (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 VO435*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 770 total, 170 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891029066509A

## Narrative

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

FELT VIBRATION SLOWING TO HOVER. LOST TAIL ROTOR EFFECTIVENESS. SPIRALED INTO TREES. BURR ON TAILROTOR PITCH CHANGE

## 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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