- Date
- March 19, 1973
- Place
- Girdwood, AK · GIRDWOOD, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N519FHHiller Acft FH1100
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730319007889A
- Case key
- 163257
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0503 73/3/19 GIRDWOOD,ALAS HILLER ACFT FH1100 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 3878 TIME - 1615 N519FH PX- 0 0 4 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1817 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TURNAGAIN PASS,ALAS TIN CAN MTN,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- HIT UNMARKED PWR LINES. CONT FLT AND LND OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N519FH
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft FH1100
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N519FHRegistration cancelled Apr 13, 1983 · Fairchild Hiller FH-1100Airframe modelFairchild Hiller FH-1100
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N519FH · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.