Restricted · Agriculture and Pest Control, Forest, Other
Airworthiness date
Jan 29, 2014
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 data
Airframe
Manufacturer
Richards Heavylift Helo INC
Model
UH-1B
Year
1965
Serial number
65-12854
Aircraft type
Rotorcraft
Category
Land
Certification
Type Certificated
Seats
6
Engines
1
Max takeoff weight
Up to 12,499 lb
Type certificate data sheet
H3SO
Mode S code
A8645A
Engine
Make and model
Ama/Expr Unknown Eng
Type
Turbo-shaft
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records
2018 – 2022Iron Eagle Helicopter INCMissoula, MT
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026
NTSB events (1)
Accident · destroyed
Mar 8, 2019 · Forks, WA
A total loss of engine power due to the failure of the gas generator sealing disk as a result of the operator’s exceedance of the sealing disk life limits at too low an altitude for the pilot to accomplish a successful autorotation which resulted in the collision with terrain.
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.
Airframe (UH-1B)Only with: Restricted category helicopters with cable assembly part number 205-001-720-001 installed.
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.
Landing gear · saddle · crackedMay 31, 2009
ON DAILY INSPECTION, FOUND LT FWD OTBD LANDING GEAR SADDLE CRACKED LONGITUDINALLY AT FILLET AREA. REPLACED SADDLE AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. (K)
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Rotor flight controls · control servo · leakingMay 31, 2009
ON STARTUP FOR A FLIGHT, MECHANIC NOTICED LARGE PUDDLE OF HYD FLUID UNDER FUSELAGE. CLOSER INSPECTION REVEALED THE LT CYCLIC SERVO WAS LEAKING A LARGE AMOUNT OF HYDRAULIC FLUID. THE LEAK WAS SEVERE ENGOUGH THAT IT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A LOSS OF HYD PRESSURE IN A VERY SHORT TIME. (K)
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026