# Incident 19980515022989I: Hiller UH12L4, Ponce, Puerto Rico, May 15, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1998, 10:00 local time
- Place: Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Mercedita
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Running(Helicopter/Vtol Ac)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.0088° N, 66.5645° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERCEDITA (PSE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.0088&lon=-66.5645&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90487, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N90487) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller UH-12L4 (registry code 4360128, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12l4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-540 series (registry code 41534, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12L4
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980515022989I

## Narrative

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

LOST LIFT AFTER TAKE OFF POSSIBLY DUE CLUTCH MALFUNCTION DROPPING FROM 30FT AGL LANDING HARD.

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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