- Date
- June 18, 1972
- Place
- Big Delta, AK · BIG DELTA, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N431FHHiller Acft FH1100
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167176
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3297 72/6/18 BIG DELTA,ALAS HILLER ACFT FH1100 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 3215 TIME - 1700 N431FH PX- 0 0 1 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 219 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIG DELTA,ALAS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- M/R BLADES HIT STUMP WHILE CREW WAS TRYING TO RETRIEVE DUFFEL BAG FROM RIVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N431FH
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft FH1100
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
N431FHRegistration cancelled Feb 14, 1974 · Fairchild Hiller FH-1100Airframe modelFairchild Hiller FH-1100
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Other investigations on N431FH · 1
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