# NTSB SEA85LA107: Hiller UH-12E, N28872, Fall Creek, OR, May 5, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 5, 1985, 07:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place: Fall Creek, OR
- Coordinates: 43.9398, -122.679496 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9398&lon=-122.6795&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40153
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA85LA107
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40153/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA107

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, maneuvering - aerial application
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Hard landing, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE HELICOPTER SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING A LOSS OF POWER. ACCORDING TO THE PLT, THE HELICOPTER WAS REFUELED APRX 1 HR FLT TIME PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. CAUSE OF THE POWER LOSS WAS NOT DETERMINED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N28872](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28872-2011-06-01), registration cancelled 2011-06-01, S/N 2101, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH-12E
- Registry model: [Hiller UH-12E](https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-uh-12e) (registry code 4360122) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming VO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-540-series) (registry code 41534, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 2101
- Airframe hours: 6139
- Engines: ALLISON 250-C20B 375 horsepower turbo shaft
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: Evergreen International Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 1, 1985, 7 hours before
- Departed: EUG, EUGENE, OR
- Destination: FALL CREEK, OR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; flight instructor, commercial, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine land, single-engine land, multi-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane, helicopter; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: center; flight hours: 8,055 total, 155 in this make and model, 7,906 as pilot in command, 66 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 36 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: EUG

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850505016899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850505016899A), May 5, 1985: Hiller UH12E, Fall Creek, OR, Substantial damage. Engine quit due to fuel exhaustion. Main rotor severed tail boom landing. Fuel gauges inoperative.

## Other investigations on N28872 (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 ATL82DA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DA214), Jul 13, 1982: Hiller UH-12E (N28872), Centre, AL, substantial damage

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.

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