N180HA1980 Hiller UH-12E
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19822 ADs may apply2 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 17, 2026- Registered owner
- Ambrosini Helicopters INC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Fresno, CA
- Certificate issued
- May 15, 1989
- Expires
- May 31, 2027
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- May 9, 1980
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Hiller
- Model
- UH-12E
- Year
- 1980
- Serial number
- HA3080
- Aircraft type
- Rotorcraft
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 4
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Type certificate data sheet
- 4H11
- Mode S code
- A1415C
Engine
- Make and model
- Lycoming Vo-540 Series
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 310 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 1989 – nowAmbrosini Helicopters INCFresno, CA · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 17, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (2)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 97-20-15 | Hiller Aircraft Corporation Model UH- 12A, UH-12B, UH-12C, UH-12D, and UH-12E Helicopters | Nov 12, 1997 | Airframe (UH-12E) |
| 97-10-16 | Hiller Aircraft Corporation Model UH- 12, UH-12A, UH-12B, UH-12C, UH-12D, UH-12E… | Jun 27, 1997 | Airframe (UH-12E)Only with: Having control rotor blade spar tube P/N 36003, 36006, 36129, 36129-25, 36203, 36203-15, 36203-21, or 36209-3, or cuff P/N 36101-1, 36101-4, 36108, 36115-1, 36115-4, 36115-6, 36115-8, or 36124 installed; includes UH-12D and UH-12E converted to turbine power per STC SH177WE and SH178WE. |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (2)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Power plant · mount · separatedOct 27, 1998
RUBBER MOUNT SEPARATION FROM MOUNTING FLANGE. RUBBER CURE DATE 11-95, MFG BY LORD. PART HAS BEEN IN SERVICE 12 MONTHS.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Main rotor · hub · crackedNov 13, 1996
CRACK FOUND INSIDE CONICAL SURFACE DURING PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION. CRACKING IN THIS AREA IS COMMON.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 17, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 17, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026