# Accident 19760927030189A: Hiller OH23G, Clark Fork, ID, September 27, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 1976
- Place: Clark Fork, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Location: 48.1473° N, 116.1722° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clark Fork, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1473&lon=-116.1722&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62409, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N62409) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller OH-23G (registry code 4360121, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-oh-23g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 series (registry code 03014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER OH23G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,005 total, 104 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA76DYG67](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76DYG67) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760927030189A

## Narrative

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

PRACTICE AUTOROTATION.

## 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 SEA76DYG67](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76DYG67), Sep 27, 1976: Hiller Acft UH-12E (N62409), Clark Fork, ID, substantial damage

## Other reports on N62409 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19830419015499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830419015499A), Apr 19, 1983: Hiller OH23G (N62409), Nordman, ID, Destroyed. Made a run on landing on a snow-packed road. Skids broke through the hard packed snow. Tipped forward and broke up.
- [Accident 19810530030569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810530030569A), May 30, 1981: Hiller UH12E (N62409), Orleans, CA, Substantial damage. Allowed tail rotor strike on practice autorotaion landing.

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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