# Incident 20020113001579I: Hiller UH12E, Cleveland, TX, January 13, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 2002, 16:43 local time
- Place: Cleveland, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3382° N, 95.0903° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cleveland, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3382&lon=-95.0903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65048, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N65048) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller UH-12E (registry code 4360122, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12E
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 220 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020113001579I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 1645 CDT, 01/13/02, THE PILOT BEGAN A HOVER MANEUVER TO REPOSITION THE HELICOPTER ON THE PILOT'S PROPERTY. DURING THE TIME OF THE HOVERING MOVEMENT OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE ENGINE QUIT. THE HELICOPTER SETTLED HARD ONTO THE RIGHT SKIE, COLLAPSING THE TWO STRUTS. WHEN THIS OCCURRED, THE HELICOPTER TILTED ON THE RIGHT SIDE, ONE BLADE STRUCK THE GROUND BENDING IT NINETY DEGREES. THE TAIL ROTOR STRUCK THE GROUND AND DAMAGED BOTH BLADES. NO OTHER STRUCTURAL DAMAGE NOTED.

## Other reports on N65048 (1)

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

- [Accident 19790629017909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790629017909A), Jun 29, 1979: Hiller UH12E (N65048), Quincy, WA, Substantial damage. Engine quit enroute at low altitude. Made hard autorotative landing. Aircraft rolled over. Cause- fuel exhaustion.

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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