- Date
- July 24, 1971
- Place
- Bettles, AK · BETTLES, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N419FHHiller FH1100
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163010
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2805 71/7/24 BETTLES,ALAS HILLER FH1100 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 2000 TIME - 1742 N419FH PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 677 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MYRTLE CREEK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MYRTLE CREEK,ALAS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - OPERATED CARELESSLY REMARKS- PLT LET GO CNTRLS ON GRD TO PHOTO MOOSE.COLL FRCTN LOCK NOT TIGHT,COLL ROSE,ACFT ROLLED OVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N419FH
- Reported as
- Hiller FH1100
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Myrtle Creek
N419FHRegistration cancelled May 21, 1976 · 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.