- Date
- August 3, 1969
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK · FAIRBANKS, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N421FHHiller Acft FH1100
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164777
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2582 69/8/3 FAIRBANKS,ALAS HILLER ACFT FH1100 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1715 N421FH PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 31, 2833 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 263 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLM HELIPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: VERTICAL ROLL OVER TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: CYCLIC PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FORE/AFT CYCLIC ASSY CAME APART AS PITCH WAS APPLIED.BOLT,NAS-1104-18,NUT,COTTER KEY,MISSING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N421FH
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft FH1100
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Blm Heliport
N421FHRegistration cancelled Jun 12, 2012 · Fairchild Hiller FH-1100Airframe modelFairchild Hiller FH-1100Engine modelAllison 250 SER 250HP
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N421FH · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.