# Incident 19990411024599I: Hiller UH12E, Hollister, CA, April 11, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1999
- Place: Hollister, CA
- Airport: Hollister Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 36.8933° N, 121.4103° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOLLISTER MUNI (CVH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8933&lon=-121.4103&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67696, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67696-2013-05-01) (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 41534, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,400 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990411024599I

## Narrative

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

ON OR ABOUT APRIL 11, 1999, A HILLER UH-12E HELICOPTER, N67696, OWNED BY GRADY W. CANTRILL, WAS INVOLVED IN A GROUND INCIDENT DURING AN AGRICULTURAL AIRCRAFT OPERATION. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THERE WERE NO PERSONNEL INJURED. THE PILOT, ROBERT M. PEED, HELD A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT HOLLISTER, CA, AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 PDT ON OR ABOUT APRIL 11, 1999. THIS INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO THE FAA FSDO ON OR ABOUT MAY 12, 1999, BY AN AIRMAN WHO CLAIMED THAT MR. PEED HAD TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD MADE A HARD LANDING AFTER LOSING POWER CAUSED BY FUEL CONTAMINATION. MR. PEED LATER DENIED THAT HE WAS ON-BOARD THE HELICOPTER WHEN IT WAS DAMAGED. MR. PEED CLAIMS THAT HE HAD MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING, SHUT-DOWN THE ENGINE, AND EXITED THE HELICOPTER WITH THE ROTOR BLADES STILL TURNING. AFTER HE WALKED AWAY FROM THE HELICOPTER, MR. PEED CLAIMS THAT A GUST OF WIND STRUCK THE HELICOPTER CAUSING THE MAIN ROTOR-BLADES TO STRIKE THE TAIL BOOM. THE HELICOPTER RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE MAIN ROTOR-BLADES, TAIL BOOM, TAIL ROTOR-BLADES, TAIL-ROTOR GEAR-BOX, CLUTCH, AND MAIN TRANSMISSION. EXAMINATION OF N67696'S MAINTENANCE RECORDS REVEALED REPAIR OF THE COMPONENTS LISTED ABOVE, BUT NO REPAIR OF THE HELICOPTER'S LANDING-GEAR SKIDS. SINCE NO CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF A HARD LANDING HAS BEEN FOUND, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS AN INCIDENT. THERE WAS NO PILOT DEVIATION INVOLVED. NO CORRECTIVE ACTION IS REQUIRED. THE INVESTIGATION IS TERMINATED, AND THE REPORT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N67696 (1)

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

- [Accident 19780720020709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780720020709A), Jul 20, 1978: Hiller UH12C (N67696), Adrian, OR, Destroyed. Lnd in ravine. Fuel gauge inop.

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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