# Incident 20080807847179I: Hiller UH12E, Viroqua, WI, August 7, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2008, 16:04 local time
- Place: Viroqua, WI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Rotors
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FRSG
- Location: 43.5606° N, 90.8862° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Viroqua, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5606&lon=-90.8862&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7411N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7411N-2018-01-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller UH-12E (registry code 4360122, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12E
- Reported engine: LYC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,300 total, 700 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/20080807847179I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 7, 2008, AT 1604 LOCAL, N7411N, A HILLER UH-12/E FLOWN BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (CERTIFICATED #^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^) JUST COMPLETED SPRAYING CROPS IN VERNON COUNTY NEAR VIROQUA, WI.  PILOT SHUT DOWN HELICOPTER WHILE ANOTHER CREWMEMBER WENT TO THE TRUCK TO GET A SPRAY NOZZLE.  PILOT WALKED AWAY FROM THE HELICOPTER TURNED AND SAW THE CREW MEMBER WHO WENT TO THE TRUCK WALKING BACK TO THE HELICOPTER WALK IN TO THE SPINNING TAIL ROTOR CUTTING HIM FROM THE BACK OF THE HEAD TO THE CHEEK.  CREW MEMBER RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES.  HELICOPTER TAIL ROTOR MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N7411N (4)

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

- [Accident 19890309003449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890309003449A), Mar 9, 1989: Hiller UH12E (N7411N), Golden, CO, Substantial damage. Lost tail rotor efectiveness while hovering after a practice pinnacle approach. Set it down, tail rotor hit a rock.
- [Incident 19850911056569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850911056569I), Sep 11, 1985: Hiller UH12E (N7411N), Broomfield, CO. Pilot flew helicopter in non movement area for 17 minutes without clearence from tower.
- [Incident 19850417022209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850417022209I), Apr 17, 1985: Hiller UH12E (N7411N), Broomfield, CO, Minor damage. Developed high rate of descent during autorotation to power recovery. Struck ground tail low.
- [Accident 19760810026679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760810026679A), Aug 10, 1976: Hiller UH12E (N7411N), Kennewick, WA, Substantial damage. Aux fuel pump not used at time eng-driven pump failed. Op manual states pump should have been on.

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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