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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Hiller FH-1100 · Huntington Beac, CA · March 29, 1980

Date
March 29, 1980 · 18:31 local
Place
Huntington Beac, CA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N527FH
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX80FA070
Reported as
Hiller FH1100
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
6,400 total2,482 in this make and model178 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Helicopter was observed to crash out of control into ocean. Pilot history hypertension. Possible incapacitation.

As the FAA filed it

HELICOPTER WAS OBSERVED TO CRASH OUT OF CONTROL INTO OCEAN. PILOT HISTORY HYPERTENSION. POSSIBLE INCAPACITATION.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.