- Date
- August 8, 1973
- Place
- Oliktok, AK · OLIKTOK, AK
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5048FHiller Acft FH1100
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730808025279A
- Case key
- 189661
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1847 73/8/8 OLIKTOK,ALAS HILLER ACFT FH1100 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0001 N5048F PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 23, 2001 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 77 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OLIKTOK AFS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DEADHORSE,ALAS THESIS ISLANDS,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 42 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- FLEW INTO LAKE IN REDUCED VISIBILITY COND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5048F
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft FH1100
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oliktok Afs
N5048FRegistration cancelled May 8, 1975 · 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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.