# Incident 19950712044439I: Hiller UH12E, Duran, WI, July 12, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1995, 06:00 local time
- Place: Duran, WI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Aircraft: N62417, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62417-2017-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller UH-12E (registry code 4360122, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-540 series (registry code 41582, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12E
- Reported engine: LYC VO540C2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,700 total, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950712044439I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED FUEL EXHAUSTION CAUSED BY DOUBLE PROBLEM. OWNER/OPERATOR DISCOVERED POSSIBLE FUEL GAUGE PROBLEM ON WAY TO INTENDED SPRAY APPLICATION AREA AND ALSO FOUND A PROBLEM WITH FUEL TRANSFER VALVE ON FUEL TRUCK. COMPLIANT ATTITUDE DISPLAYED BY PILOT DURING COUNSELING. AFTER SPRAYING TWO LOADS, PILOT REFUELED WITH WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS APPROXIMATELY 25 GAL OF FUEL. ON TERMINATION OF THIRD LOAD, LAST PASS, PILOT STARTED TURN BACK TO TRUCK WHEN ENGINE QUIT. HE AUTO ROTATED TO GROUND. BENDING REAR CROSS TUBE AND CRACKING REAR SKID LEG. A CRACK WAS ALSO FOUND IN FIBERGLASS SPRAY TANK. UPON INSPECTION FOUND FUEL PUMPING SYSTEM ON TRUCK TO BE FAULTY, NOT ALLOWING THE EXPECTED 25 GAL OF FUEL TO BE PUMPED ABOARD ACFT. UPON INSPECTION OF ACFT FUEL GAUGE, FOUND BROKEN WIRE ON AFT SENDING UNIT.

## Other reports on N62417 (4)

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

- [Accident 20030627013009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030627013009A), Jun 27, 2003: Hiller UH12E (N62417), Elk Mound, WI, Destroyed. (-23) While applying fungicide to a field of potatoes, the helicopter encountered a whirlwind, causing the pilot to lose control and contact the crop with the…
- [Accident 19760429012059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760429012059A), Apr 29, 1976: Hiller UH12C (N62417), Eldred, IL, Substantial damage. Carb bowl contained a red oily liquid. Acft rolled forward. Main rotor cut off tail boom.
- [Accident 19760315004599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760315004599A), Mar 15, 1976: Hiller UH12D (N62417), St Jacob, IL, Substantial damage
- [Accident 19750415006779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750415006779A), Apr 15, 1975: Hiller UH12D (N62417), Lebanon, IL, Substantial damage. Main rotor blades struck overhanging limbs.

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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