Hiller UH-12E
N34SD is a Hiller UH-12E, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1965. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Fort Wolters Helicopters INC, a corporation in Mineral Wells, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 11, 2011 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control; forest, dated March 29, 1989.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Hiller
- Model
- UH-12E · all UH-12Es and related versions
- Serial number
- 1618
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming VO-540 SERIES · 310 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1965
- Cruising speed
- 72 mph
- Transponder code
- A3BC89 (octal 50736211)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 11, 2011
- Expires
- March 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 13, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Agriculture and pest control; Forest · March 29, 1989
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00682403
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Fort Wolters Helicopters INC
- Type
- Corporation
- 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.
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The public federal record on N34SD, 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 Helicopters INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 11, 2011, expires March 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated March 29, 1989, 24 years after the 1965 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1618 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N34SD according to the deregistered file. [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]
2 NTSB records under N34SD: Accident on June 11, 2009 at Stringtown, OK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 7, 2008 at Quinton, OK: 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hiller UH-12E · operated under 137
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from power lines. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's preoccupation with personal affairs.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN09CA359 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hiller UH-12E · operated under 137
An undetermined mechanical malfuction associated with the tail rotor drive system which led to a loss of control.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DFW08LA100 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data