19841025060589A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hiller FH-1100 · Big Sur Helipor, CA · October 25, 1984

Date
October 25, 1984 · 13:30 local
Place
Big Sur Helipor, CA
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N422FH
Reported as
Hiller FH1100
Reported engine
Allison 250C18
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
814 total250 in this make and model33 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Landed in tall grass. Tail skid and rotor hit hidden steel posts lying on ground. Slid to one side, rolled over.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED IN TALL GRASS. TAIL SKID AND ROTOR HIT HIDDEN STEEL POSTS LYING ON GROUND. SLID TO ONE SIDE, ROLLED OVER.