# Accident 19790906024309A: Hiller FH1100, Arlington, WA, September 6, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1979, 16:45 local time
- Place: Arlington, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Autorot Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 48.1704° N, 122.1446° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Arlington, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1704&lon=-122.1446&mi=10
- Aircraft: N377FH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N377FH-2013-10-23) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 991 total, 69 in this make and model, 92 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA79FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790906024309A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER WAS OBSERVED RELEASING LOAD AND MAKING 180 DEGREE DESCENDING TURN & CRASHING AFTER TAKEOFF. CAUSE UNKN.

## 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 SEA79FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FA056), Sep 6, 1979: Hiller FH1100 (N377FH), Arlington, WA, 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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