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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hiller UH-12B · Pasco, WA · June 4, 2012

Date
June 4, 2012 · 06:45 local
Place
Pasco, WA
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N93467
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR12LA244
Reported as
Hiller UH-12B
Reported engine
Franklin 6V4 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
570 total35 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot was maneuvering while drying cherries at low altitude, experienced a low RPM condition and put aircraft down into field impacting cherry trees.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS MANEUVERING WHILE DRYING CHERRIES AT LOW ALTITUDE, EXPERIENCED A LOW RPM CONDITION AND PUT AIRCRAFT DOWN INTO FIELD IMPACTING CHERRY TREES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.