# Accident 19800329007399A: Hiller FH1100, Huntington Beac, CA, March 29, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 1980, 18:31 local time
- Place: Huntington Beac, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- 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: N527FH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N527FH-1981-12-23) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,400 total, 2,482 in this make and model, 178 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800329007399A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 LAX80FA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA070), Mar 29, 1980: Hiller Acft FH1100 (N527FH), Huntington Bch, CA, destroyed, 2 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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