- Date
- May 15, 1970
- Place
- Anaktuvk Pas, AK · ANAKTUVK PAS, AK
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N556FHiller Acft FH1100
- Status
- Completed · report October 26, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 127379
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1253 70/5/15 ANAKTUVK PAS,ALAS HILLER ACFT FH1100 CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 1962 TIME - 0847 N556F PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 350 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEADHORSE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANAKTUVK PAS,ALAS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ROLLED OUT OF TURN,EXPERIENCED ILLUSION OF GOING BACKWARD.RELIGHT CKT INOP,WRONG TYPE EXCITER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N556F
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft FH1100
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Deadhorse
N556FRegistration cancelled Jan 25, 2018 · Fairchild Hiller FH-1100Airframe modelFairchild Hiller FH-1100
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.