# Incident 19781020029089I: Hiller FH1100, Huntington Beac, CA, October 20, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 1978, 11:45 local time
- Place: Huntington Beac, CA
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 33.6980° N, 118.0038° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntington Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6980&lon=-118.0038&mi=10
- Aircraft: N450FH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N450FH-1984-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 (registry code 3376502, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-hiller-fh-1100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER FH1100
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,900 total, 5,400 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781020029089I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE STOPPED WHILE MANEUVERING FOR LANDING ON AN OIL PLATFORM. AUTOROTATED INTO THE WATER.

## Other reports on N450FH (1)

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

- [Accident 19830728035809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830728035809A), Jul 28, 1983: Hiller FH1100 (N450FH), Porterville, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Mast bumping. Main rotor separation, a fire and explosion occurred during a low g load factory test maneuver.

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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