- Date
- September 11, 1977
- Place
- Sparrevohn Afs, AK · SPARREVOHN AFS, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5052FHiller Acft 1100
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 144196
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4102 77/9/11 NR.SPARREVOHN AFS,AK HILLER ACFT 1100 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0840 N5052F PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG 47, 12651 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 245 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPARREVOHN AFS,AK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 150 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- FLOAT EQPTD.GSTS 30KT.TURB RSLTD IN UNUSAL ATTD AT TO LW AN ALTD TO ALLOW RECOVERY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5052F
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft 1100
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5052FRegistered now · Fairchild Hiller FH-1100Airframe modelFairchild Hiller FH-1100Engine modelAllison 250 SER 250HP
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Other investigations on N5052F · 1
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