# Accident 20220209002829A: Hiller UH-12E4, Stewartstown, PA, February 9, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 2022, 15:23 local time
- Place: Stewartstown, PA
- Airport: Shoestring Aviation Airfield
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7963° N, 76.6464° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7963&lon=-76.6464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64741, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N64741) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller UH-12E4 (registry code 4360127, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12e4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-540 series (registry code 41534, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH-12E4
- Reported engine: LYCOMING VO-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 152 total, 8 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA118) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220209002829A

## Narrative

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

ON 2/9/2022, THE PIC OF N64741 DEPARTED HARFORD COUNTY AIRFIELD (0W3) ENROUTE TO SHOESTRING AIRPORT (0P2) ON A VFR FLIGHT. ON ARRIVAL TO 0P2, THE PIC ELECTED TO MAKE HIS APPROACH DOWNWIND TO THE STRIP HEADING 060 INTO THE AIRFIELD. THE PILOT MADE THIS DETERMINATION DUE TO TALL TREES ON THE APPROACH END OF LANDING DIRECTION 240.

AS THE PILOT WAS APPROACHING THE AIRFIELD, HE STATED THE AIRCRAFT DESCENT RATE WAS INCREASING. THE PILOT STATED HE PULLED COLLECTIVE BUT WAS UNABLE TO ARREST THE DESCENT.

THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AND ROLLED ONTO ITS RIGHT SIDE CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO EGRESS THE AIRCRAFT UNDER HIS OWN POWER. THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 ERA22LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA118), Feb 9, 2022: Hiller UH-12E4 (N64741), Shrewsbury, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control during the descent which resulted in a hard landing.

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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