# Accident 19941119038589A: Hiller FH1100, Yamhill, OR, November 19, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 1994, 13:25 local time
- Place: Yamhill, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Operator: FELL
- Location: 45.3408° N, 123.1845° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yamhill, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3408&lon=-123.1845&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4258U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4258U-2013-06-07) (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
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C18
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 115 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941119038589A

## Narrative

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

(-23) CHRISTMAS TREE OPERATION. PILOT HAD JUST DROPPED A BUNDLE OF TREES AND WAS GOING BACK UP A SMALL HILL TO GRAB ANOTHER BUNDLE WHEN THE HOOK ON THE CABLE SNAGGED THE GROUND AND THE RELEASED. THE HOOK WAS SLINGSHOT INTO THE MAIN ROTOR BLADE WHICH BROKE OFF APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET OF ONE MAIN ROTOR. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND NOSE FIRST AND WAS DESTROYED. THE PILOT SUFFERED A BROKEN LEFT FEMUR AND SEVERE LACERATIONS TO THE FACE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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