- Date
- June 30, 1974
- Place
- Umiat, AK · UMIAT, AK
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8679Hiller Acft FH1100
- Status
- Completed · report November 5, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740630035059A
- Case key
- 132611
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3039 74/6/30 NR.UMIAT,ALAS HILLER ACFT FH1100 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 5254 TIME - 1300 N8679 PX- 4 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 230 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UMIAT,ALAS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RCVRD 2300ADT.SWASHPLATE ASSY,P/N 6852090 FAILED,FATIGUE CRACKING AT TWO BOLT HOLES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8679
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft FH1100
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
N8679Registration cancelled Dec 5, 1974 · 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.