Hiller UH-12E
N14637 is a Hiller UH-12E, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1993. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Fort Wolters Helicopter INC, a corporation in Mineral Wells, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 9, 1998 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 21, 1993.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Hiller
- Model
- UH-12E · all UH-12Es and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and aluminiumA welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. This is how the Hiller UH-12 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 1577
- Type
- RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming VO-540 SERIES · 310 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1993
- Cruising speed
- 72 mph
- Transponder code
- A0BBDB (octal 50135733)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- September 9, 1998
- Expires
- April 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 5, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 21, 1993
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00794812
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Fort Wolters Helicopter INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 517 Grant Rd
Mineral Wells, TX 76067-8826
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N14637 links to the rest of the register
- Hiller UH-12 217 registered
- Hiller 242 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming VO-540 series 110 aircraft with this engine series · 310 hp
- Type certificate 4H11 · held by Siam Hiller Holdings INC
- Fort Wolters Helicopter INC 19 aircraft in the fleet
- Mineral Wells, TX 86 aircraft registered in this town
- Mineral Wells Regional · MWL
- Texas 29,960 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Hiller UH-12 60 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Hiller UH-12 65 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Hiller UH-12 112 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming VO-540 series 13 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming VO-540 series 1 reports since 1995
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N14637.json.
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The public federal record on N14637, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Fort Wolters Helicopter INC, a corporation, certificate issued September 9, 1998, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated September 21, 1993, consistent with the 1993 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1577 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N14637 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Aeronca C-3 (serial 523, cancelled February 14, 1956). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N14637: Accident on July 1, 1996 at Franklin, LA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hiller UH12 · operated under 091
loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, and the pilot's failure to maintain rotor RPM. A factor was the unsuitable terrain available for the precautionary landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 4, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data