# Accident 19990119014949A: Hiller UH12E, Tensed, ID, January 19, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 1999, 15:30 local time
- Place: Tensed, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: GGVA
- Location: 47.1196° N, 116.7896° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1196&lon=-116.7896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67264, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67264-2012-02-24) (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 250C20B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total, 1,950 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA99LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99LA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990119014949A

## Narrative

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

(.19)ON JANUARY 19, 1999, APPROXIAMTELY 1530 HOURS PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A HILLER UH-12E, TURBO-SHAFT POWERED ROTORCRAFT, N67264, REGISTERED TO JAMES R. POPE, BEING OPERATED BY VALLEY HELICOPTER SERVICE, AND BEING FLOWN BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT, WAS DESTROYED DURING COLLISION WITH TREES AND TERRAIN FOLLOWING A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER WHILE IN CRUISE APPROXIMATELY THREE MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF TENSED, IDAHO. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES, WHILE THE REMAINING PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AT THE ACCIDENT WERE NOT KNOWN AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.  THE FLIGHT, WHICH WAS A SURVEY OF MIGRATING ELK FROM THE COEUR DALENE INDIAN RESERVATION, WAS TO HAVE BEEN OPERATED AS A PUBLIC USE FLIGHT, AND ORIGINATED FROM THE COEUR D'ALENE INDIAN RESERVATION (LOCATED APPROXIAMTELY 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF TENSED) ABOUT 1500.  THE PASSENGER SUSTAINING MINOR INJURIES REPORTED TO HIS WIFE THAT WHILE ON THE SURVEY FLIGHT A WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE PILOT ADVISED THE TWO PASSENGERS TO PREPARE FOR A FORCED LANDING.  SUBSEQUENT TO THE CRASH, THE PASSENGER WALKED OUT AND SUMMONED ASSISTANCE, AND THE PILOT AND REMAINING PASSENGER WERE AIRLIFTED TO NEARBY MEDICAL FACILITIES.

## 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 SEA99LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99LA031), Jan 19, 1999: Hiller UH-12E (N67264), Tensed, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command's inadequate fuel management which resulted in fuel exhaustion. Contributing factors were the absence of cautionary markings on the fuel gauge, and high trees at the accident…

## Other reports on N67264 (2)

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

- [Accident 20100831042429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100831042429A), Aug 31, 2010: Hiller UH-12E (N67264), Kamiah, ID, Substantial damage, 3 fatal. Flight was for the state of Idaho fish and game to count fish on the selway river. Pilot notified statecom flight following he was landing at Kamiah, ID with…
- [Accident 19940614021009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940614021009A), Jun 14, 1994: Hiller UH12L4 (N67264), Clarkston, WA, Substantial damage. Lost altitude and rotor control. Auto rotated. Hard impact. Chopped tails. Ballast weight pin lost. Bar hit rotor.

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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