Piston helicopter

N5072R

Hiller UH 12B Piston Helicopters

Registered 1 NTSB/FAA record
Built
—
Serial
613
Class
Piston helicopter
Engines
Franklin 6V 350 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Co-owned · sign in to see
Based
Benton City, WA
Registration record

N5072R on the FAA register

Type
Hiller UH 12B Piston Helicopters (FAA: Hiller UH-12B)
Serial
613
Engines
Franklin 6V 350 series
Registered owner
Co-owned — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Benton City, WA
Certificate issued
2025-05-27
Airworthiness date
2010-06-04
Registration expires
2032-05-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A6569F
Mode S (octal)
51453237
Seats (type)
4
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-05-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-05-27
    Certificate of registration issued as N5072R to the current registrant.
  • 2013-02-06
    Accident at Merritt Island, FL; damage: substantial.
  • 2010-06-04
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 2002-10-03
    N5072R previously assigned to a Raytheon C90A (s/n LJ-1672); cancelled.
  • 1980-02-07
    N5072R previously assigned to a Cessna 172M Skyhawk / 172 Skyhawk / 172K Skyhawk (s/n 17263310); cancelled.
Overview

About N5072R

N5072R is a Hiller UH 12B Piston Helicopters (FAA model UH-12B), serial number 613. It is registered to co-owners in Benton City, Washington. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 27, 2025 and expires on May 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a piston helicopter, one Franklin 6V 350 series engine and 4 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated June 4, 2010.

N5072R has 1 accident/incident record on file (most serious damage: substantial); details are below. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2013-02-06 Accident · Merritt Island, FL Damage: Substantial Minor injury NTSB · ERA13LA127
Reported aircraft: Hiller UH-12B
Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation, which resulted from an overstress failure of a fitting on the fuel supply line and led to an autorotation and hard landing.
1979-10-20 Accident · Fall Creek,Wi, 49 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 3 2494
Reported aircraft: Cessna 172 — a different aircraft that carried the N5072R registration before this airframe.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.