# Accident 20051022027559A: Hiller UH12E, Pasadena, TX, October 22, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2005, 19:00 local time
- Place: Pasadena, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6044° N, 95.1553° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6044&lon=-95.1553&mi=10
- Aircraft: N909BC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N909BC) (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: 2,358 total, 260 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06CA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051022027559A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN AUTOROTATION IT HIT A PETROLEUM COKE MOUND AT ABOUT THE 200 FOOT MARK AND ROLLED DOWN ABOUT 150 FEET. N909BC DEPARTED (EFD) ELLINGTON FIELD, HOUSTON, TEXAS WITH HOBBS METER READING 366.1(10-18-05), WITH ABOUT 44 GALLONS OF FUEL, ENROUTE TO (DWH) DAVID WAYNE HOOKS MEMORIAL AIRPORT, SPRING, TEXAS. DEPARTED (DWH)(ADD 15 GALLONS OF FUEL) ENROUTE TO (IWS) WEST HOUSTON AIRPORT, HOUSTON, TEXAS DEPARTED (IWS) ENROUTE TO EFD. HOBBS AT TIME OF ACCIDENT WAS 369.1. THE ON-SCENE INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO A HANGAR THE FUEL TANK WAS TESTED BY PUTTING LIQUID INTO IT, NO LEAKS. THE PILOTS LAWYER STATED, THE PILOT IS NOT MEDICALLY CAPABLE OF MAKING A STATEMENT AT THIS TIME.

## 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 DFW06CA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA013), Oct 23, 2005: Hiller UH-12E (N909BC), Pasadena, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate fuel management, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a loss of engine power. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

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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