# Accident 20100831042429A: Hiller UH-12E, Kamiah, ID, August 31, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2010, 10:20 local time
- Place: Kamiah, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: VLHA
- Location: 46.2275° N, 116.0367° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2275&lon=-116.0367&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67264, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67264-2012-02-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller UH-12E (registry code 4360122, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 series (registry code 03014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH-12E
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 9,116 total, 380 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10FA440](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA440) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100831042429A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT WAS FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO FISH AND GAME TO COUNT FISH ON THE SELWAY RIVER.  PILOT NOTIFIED STATECOM FLIGHT FOLLOWING  HE WAS LANDING AT KAMIAH, ID WITH NO REASON FOR THE DEVIATION.  THE FLIGHT PLAN DID NOT INCLUDE  LANDING AT KAMIAH, ID.  CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE TAIL ROTOR DUE TO FOD FROM THE CABIN OR COCKPIT RESULTED IN LOSS OF THE TAIL ROTOR, TAIL ROTOR GEAR BOX AND APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET OF THE TAIL BOOM.  THE HELICOPTER ENTERED A RAPID DECENT AND HIT FLAT WITH A VERY HIGH G LOAD WITH THE MAIN ROTOR STRIKING THE CORNER OF A HOUSE, A TRAVEL TRAILER AND TWO PROPANE TANKS.  THERE WAS NO FIRE.

## 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 WPR10FA440](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA440), Aug 31, 2010: Hiller UH 12E (N67264), Kamiah, ID, substantial damage, 3 fatal. Probable cause: In-flight impact of a passenger's metal clipboard with the helicopter’s tail rotor, which resulted in destruction of the tail rotor and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter. The original…

## Other reports on N67264 (2)

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

- [Accident 19990119014949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990119014949A), Jan 19, 1999: Hiller UH12E (N67264), Tensed, ID, Destroyed. (.19)On January 19, 1999, approxiamtely 1530 hours pacific standard time, a Hiller UH-12E, turbo-shaft powered rotorcraft, N67264, registered to james r. pope,…
- [Accident 19940614021009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940614021009A), Jun 14, 1994: Hiller UH12L4 (N67264), Clarkston, WA, Substantial damage. Lost altitude and rotor control. Auto rotated. Hard impact. Chopped tails. Ballast weight pin lost. Bar hit rotor.

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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