# Incident 20060201000739I: Hiller UH12E, Forks, WA, February 1, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 2006, 10:30 local time
- Place: Forks, WA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Operator: WYFL
- Location: 47.9528° N, 124.3902° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Forks, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9528&lon=-124.3902&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71NW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N71NW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller UH-12E (registry code 4360122, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,886 total, 8,886 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060201000739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED DURING EXTERNAL LOAD OPERATION, AIRCRAFT SETTLED WITH POWER. AFTER RECOVERY, AIRCRAFT YAWED TO THE LEFT AND STRUCK THE TOP OF A SMALL TREE, WHICH THREW OUT THE TAIL ROTOR BALANCE. LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT NOTED THE TAIL ROTOR BLADE TIP CAP DEPARTED THE BLADE, CAUSING IMBALANCE THAT DAMAGED TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX AND TAILBOOM STINGER.

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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