Hiller UH-12D
N94515 is a Hiller UH-12D, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 4 seats. It is registered to Hiller Aircraft CORP, a corporation in Firebaugh, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 18, 2022 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for to show compliance with regulations, dated April 11, 1978.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Hiller
- Model
- UH-12D · all UH-12Ds 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
- 1172
- Type
- RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- TurboshaftFAA type of engine code 3 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming VO-435 SERIES · 260 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 75 mph
- Transponder code
- AD2254 (octal 53221124)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 18, 2022
- Expires
- April 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 28, 2023
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · To show compliance with regulationsFAA certificate purpose code 0 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 11, 1978
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00770091
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hiller Aircraft CORP
- 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
- 925 M St
Firebaugh, CA 93622-2234
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N94515 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-435 series 191 aircraft with this engine series · 260 hp
- Type certificate 4H10 · held by Siam Hiller Holdings INC
- Hiller Aircraft CORP 5 aircraft in the fleet
- Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate
- Firebaugh, CA 13 aircraft registered in this town
- Firebaugh Airport · F34
- California 28,279 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-435 series 9 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming VO-435 series 8 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N94515, 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 Hiller Aircraft CORP, a corporation, certificate issued April 18, 2022, expires April 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for to show compliance with regulations; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1172 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N94515 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]
1 NTSB record under N94515: Accident on July 2, 1991 at Savoy, IL: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hiller UH-12D · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN TAIL ROTOR CLEARANCE FROM THE GROUND. A RELATED FACTOR IS THE PILOT'S LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE IN HELICOPTERS.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 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 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data