- Date
- January 8, 1970
- Place
- Blanca, CO · BLANCA, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N390PHiller Acft FH1100
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79865
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0184 70/1/8 BLANCA,COLO HILLER ACFT FH1100 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1345 N390P PX- 0 0 2 POWER/PIPELINE 34, 5836 TOTAL HOURS, 133 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLANCA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ALAMOSA,COLO ALAMOSA,COLO FT GARLAND,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ACFT WAS IN AUTOROTATION FROM PREVIOUS ENG OUT INDICATION OCCURRING IN CRUISE AT 120 FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N390P
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft FH1100
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Blanca
N390PRegistration cancelled Jul 6, 1978 · 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.
Other investigations on N390P · 1
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