From the NTSB preliminary accident report.
NTSB Identification: DEN00LA045
Accident occurred JAN-29-00 at MT PLEASANT, UT
Aircraft: Bell 212, registration: N212HQ
Injuries: 1 Serious.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.
On January 29, 2000, at 1330 mountain standard time, a Bell 212 helicopter, N212HQ sustained substantial damage when it impacted the ground after the main rotor system separated from the aircraft during logging operations near Mount Pleasant, Utah. The commercial pilot and sole occupant received serious injuries. The flight was operating under Title 14 CFR Part 91 and no flight plan was filed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for this local area flight which departed Mount Pleasant earlier in the day. According to preliminary information, the original owner of the helicopter was the Peruvian Air Force, who listed the helicopter as being destroyed in 1976. It reappeared under the livery of Houston Helicopters and was listed by them as having been destroyed in 1981, It was listed by Heliqwest, the present operator, as having sustained damage when the main rotor contacted trees in 1997.