Hiller UH-12E
N9785C is a Hiller UH-12E, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 4 seats. It is registered to Summit Helicopters INC, a corporation in Salem, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 10, 2020 and expires on June 30, 2027. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control, dated October 14, 1963.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Hiller
- Model
- UH-12E · all UH-12Es and related versions
- Serial number
- 2269
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming VO-540 SERIES · 310 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 72 mph
- Transponder code
- ADA467 (octal 53322147)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 10, 2020
- Expires
- June 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest control · October 14, 1963
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00083850
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Summit Helicopters INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- PO Box 909
Salem, VA 24153-0909
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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 N9785C, 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 Summit Helicopters INC, a corporation, certificate issued June 10, 2020, expires June 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Multiple certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2269 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N9785C 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 N9785C: Accident on April 26, 2004 at Haines, OR: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 23, 1993 at Auburn, WA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hiller UH-12E · operated under 137
A momentary partial loss of power for undetermined reason(s) and the pilot's failure to maintain adequate RPM during his autorotation landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA04LA073 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hiller UH-12E · operated under 091
FAILURE OF THE CONNECTING ROD BOLT. THE HIGH VEGETATION WAS A FACTOR.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA93LA181 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