# Accident 19940521015779A: Hillberg Don EH 1 01, Corona, CA, May 21, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1994, 16:30 local time
- Place: Corona, CA
- Airport: Corona Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8977° N, 117.6024° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CORONA MUNI (AJO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8977&lon=-117.6024&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10TE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10TE-2021-10-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hillberg Don EH 1 01 (registry code 130018D, https://openairdocs.org/model/hillberg-don-eh-1-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,337 total, 6 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX94LA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA222) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940521015779A

## Narrative

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

DURING LOW ALTITUDE HOVER TURNED HELICOPTER TAIL INTO WIND. SETTLED. SKID DUG INTO SOFT GROUND. COPTER ROLLED OVER.

## 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 LAX94LA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA222), May 21, 1994: Hillberg EH-101 (N10TE), Corona, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's loss of control of the helicopter while hovering downwind. A lack of test-flight data to establish the aircraft's performance limitations was a factor in the accident.

## Other reports on N10TE (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19960416007399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960416007399I), Apr 16, 1996: Amtr EH101 (N10TE), Lakeland, FL, Minor damage. Narrative: on April 16, 1996, at approximately 1330 EDT, an EH1-01 rotormouse helicopter, N10TE, owned and operated by Mr. Donald g. hillberg, crashed during a…

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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