- Date
- March 9, 1972
- Place
- Valdez, AK · VALDEZ, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N440FHHiller Acft FH1100
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165989
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2955 72/3/9 NR.VALDEZ,ALAS HILLER ACFT FH1100 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 6874 TIME - 1312 N440FH PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 731 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TSIANA LODGE DRILL SITE NR TNSINA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RCVRD 3/13/72.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N440FH
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft FH1100
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
N440FHRegistration cancelled Apr 25, 1974 · Fairchild Hiller FH-1100Airframe modelFairchild Hiller FH-1100
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