# Accident 19730808025279A: Frchld FH1100, Oliktok, AK, August 8, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1973
- Place: Oliktok, AK
- Airport: Oliktok Afs
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Aircraft: N5048F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5048F-1975-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 (registry code 3376502, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-hiller-fh-1100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FRCHLD FH1100
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 75 in this make and model, 156 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC74AA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74AA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730808025279A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FLEW INTO LAKE IN REDUCED VISIBILITY COND.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC74AA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74AA019), Aug 8, 1973: Hiller Acft FH1100 (N5048F), Oliktok, AK, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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