# Accident 19731016033069A: Frchld 1100, Sunflower, AZ, October 16, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 1973
- Place: Sunflower, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Power On Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Location: 33.8642° N, 111.4676° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sunflower, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8642&lon=-111.4676&mi=10
- Aircraft: N436FH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: FRCHLD 1100
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,827 total, 10 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74DUJ26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74DUJ26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731016033069A

## Narrative

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

ROTATED TO R. L SKID CTCD GRND. LDG ON MTN. RAIN GAUGE SURVEY.

## 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 LAX74DUJ26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74DUJ26), Oct 16, 1973: Hiller Acft FH1100 (N436FH), Sunflower, AZ, destroyed

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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