NTSB investigations: Hiller UH-12D, WA

6 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Hiller UH-12D. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.

Cases per year

19762026
NTSB investigations: Hiller UH-12D, WA per year, 1976–2026: 6 cases
19761
19791
19862
19871
19881

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duckdb -csv -c "SELECT c.\"ntsbNumber\", c.\"eventDate\", c.\"eventType\", c.\"eventCity\", c.\"eventStateOrRegion\", a.n_number, a.\"aircraftMake\", a.\"aircraftModel\", c.\"highestInjuryLevel\", c.\"totalFatal\", c.\"completionStatus\", c.report_url
  FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c.\"mKey\" AND a.position = 1
  WHERE c.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'WA' AND c.\"eventCountry\" = 'USA'
    AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('4360118'))
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB SEA88LA150Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHiller UH-12E · Leavenworth, WAThe PIC reported that during a practice helicopter autorotation to a power recovery, the pilot under instruction held the flare too long. The helicopter's tail guard and tail rotor struck the ground and the aircraft began to spin. The PIC reduced the throttle…Aug 10, 1988 · N62404 · Substantial damageNTSB SEA87LA186Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHiller UH-12E · Quincy, WADuring an aerial application maneuver the pilot flew into two 23,000 volt powerlines. The helicopter's rotor blades struck the powerlines, the aircraft turned to the right and descended to the ground.Sep 12, 1987 · N8QA · DestroyedNTSB SEA86LA089Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHiller 12E · Walla Walla, WAA catastrophic failure of the planetary gear of the transmission occurred about 51 flight hours after overhaul. During forced landing a hard landing occurred severing the tail boom. A fire then erupted.Mar 30, 1986 · N87595 · DestroyedNTSB SEA86LA062Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHiller UH-12E · Odessa, WADuring an external load operation to remove groundwire off crossarms, the cable splice jammed in the pulley frame. The helicopters forward motion stopped and it then struck the ground. The pilot said the cargo hook release didn't work but no failures were…Feb 21, 1986 · N8542F · DestroyedNTSB SEA79AA029Accident · 1 fatalClosedHiller UH12D · Chehalis, WAApr 3, 1979 · N64867 · Minor damageNTSB SEA76FYC70Accident · No injuriesClosedHiller Acft UH-12D · Carson, WASep 20, 1976 · N62245 · Substantial damage