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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Hiller FH1100 · Castle Rock, WA · August 13, 1983

Date
August 13, 1983 · 10:45 local
Place
Castle Rock, WA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N29917
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA83AA176
Reported as
Hiller FH1100
Reported engine
Allison 250C18B
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
4
Pilot’s flight hours
4,024 total391 in this make and model0 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.

Sightseeing helicopter crashed into a densely forested area and burned. No witnesses. No engine defects found.

As the FAA filed it

SIGHTSEEING HELICOPTER CRASHED INTO A DENSELY FORESTED AREA AND BURNED. NO WITNESSES. NO ENGINE DEFECTS FOUND.

NTSB investigation

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