# Accident 19781129041339A: Orlhel H19ASKRSKY, Hanceville, AL, November 29, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 1978
- Place: Hanceville, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 34.0640° N, 86.7644° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hanceville, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0640&lon=-86.7644&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8307 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ORLHEL H19ASKRSKY
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,174 total, 28 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781129041339A

## Narrative

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

WITNESSES RPTD OBSERVING BRIGHT LNDG LIGHT ON BFR ACCIDENT.

## 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 MIA79FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA023), Nov 29, 1978: Sikorsky S55B (N8307), Hanceville, AL, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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