- Date
- June 22, 1970
- Place
- Delta Junctn, AK · DELTA JUNCTN, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N590FHHiller Acft FH1100
- Status
- Completed · report December 9, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121698
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0017 70/6/22 NR.DELTA JUNCTN,ALAS HILLER ACFT FH1100 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 2080 TIME - 1110 N590FH PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 340 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: BLADE,COMPRESSOR ROTOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- 6TH STAGE COMPRESSOR BLADES FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N590FH
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft FH1100
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Minor damage
N590FHRegistration cancelled Aug 19, 2013 · 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 N590FH · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB BFO87LA047Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCapron, VAThe plt made a 60 mph power descent landing apch. When the helicopter descended to a height of about 10 ft AGL, the plt raised collective and applied left rudder pressure. The helicopter abruptly turned right. According to the plt, the helicopter did not…NTSB SEA73AS001Accident · No injuriesClosedNorth Bend, WA