# Accident 19731220040439A: Frchld FH1100, Bethpage, NY, December 20, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1973
- Place: Bethpage, NY
- Airport: Grumman-Bethpage
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 40.7494° N, 73.4960° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Grumman Bethpage Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7494&lon=-73.4960&mi=10
- Aircraft: N609PD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: FRCHLD FH1100
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,899 total, 1,892 in this make and model, 63 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74FHJ17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FHJ17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731220040439A

## Narrative

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

LARGE QUANITY OF TEXTILE MATERIAL FOUND IN ENG COMPRESSOR.SNOW SCOOP INSTALLED 12/14/73.

## 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 NYC74FHJ17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FHJ17), Dec 20, 1973: Hiller Acft FH1100 (N609PD), Bethpage, NY, 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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