# Accident 20070911017799A: Hiller FH1100, Stanwood, WA, September 11, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2007, 11:00 local time
- Place: Stanwood, WA
- Airport: Camano Island Airfield
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.2542° N, 122.4353° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.2542&lon=-122.4353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6014U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6014U-2013-06-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller FH-1100 (registry code 4361415, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-fh-1100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER FH1100
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,460 total, 200 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA07CA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA256) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070911017799A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 09/11/2007, N6014U OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HARD LANDED A HELICOPTER AT CAMANO ISLAND AIRPORT RESULTING IN COLLISION WITH THE GROUND. HELICOPTER CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR THE TWO PASSENGERS. HELICOPTER DEPARTED BAVIEW/SKAGIT REGIONAL AIRPORT HEADED TO PAE, EVERETT, WA. PILOT DECIDED TO LAND AT CAMANO IS. DUE TO A DOOR AJAR.

## 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 SEA07CA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA256), Sep 11, 2007: Rogerson Hiller RH-1100 (N6014U), Stanwood, WA, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to execute a go-around and his failure to reduce his groundspeed to zero prior to touching down on the rough/uneven terrain. Factors include the momentary restriction of a flight…

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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