Hiller UH-12E
N9762C is a Hiller UH-12E, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1962. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Fort Wolters Helicopters, a corporation in Mineral Wells, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 12, 2007 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control; forest, dated May 13, 1997.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Hiller
- Model
- UH-12E · all UH-12Es and related versions
- Serial number
- 2159
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Allison 250 SERIES · 300 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1962
- Cruising speed
- 72 mph
- Transponder code
- AD9C90 (octal 53316220)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 12, 2007
- Expires
- April 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 5, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Agriculture and pest control; Forest · May 13, 1997
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00793930
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Fort Wolters Helicopters
- 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 N9762C, 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, a corporation, certificate issued September 12, 2007, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 13, 1997, 35 years after the 1962 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 2159 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N9762C 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 N9762C: Accident on April 20, 2000 at Stonesboro, SC: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on November 29, 1989 at Raymond, WA: 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-12ET · operated under 137
The pilot's improper inflight decision not to refuel which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a total loss of engine power.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hiller UH-12E · operated under 133
LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO FATIGUE FAILURE OF THE IMPELLER. THE HELICOPTER WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF A ROLL-OVER ON UNEVEN TERRAIN.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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 September 30, 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