# Accident 20120807020729A: Hiller UH-12D, Deer Island, OR, August 7, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2012, 07:15 local time
- Place: Deer Island, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: GEVG
- Location: 45.9178° N, 122.8539° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.9178&lon=-122.8539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47035, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47035-2020-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller UH-12D (registry code 4360118, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 series (registry code 03014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH-12D
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,075 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 105 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12LA347](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12LA347) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120807020729A

## Narrative

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

DURING A SPRY OPERATION THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AT THE START OF AN AG TURN HE FELT A SHUDDER. HE EASEIED OUT OF THE TURN AND THEN HEARD A LOUD BANG, HE ESTIMATED THAT HE WAS AT ABOUT 45FT ABOUVE GORUND.  HE SAID HE HAD LITTLE TO NO CONTROL AND THAT THE HELICOPTER THEN STARTED TO SKID TO THE RIGHT JUST PRIOR TO IMPACT.

## 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 WPR12LA347](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12LA347), Aug 7, 2012: Hiller UH-12D (N47035), Deer Island, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of helicopter control while maneuvering at low altitude for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal…

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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