- Date
- September 3, 1972
- Place
- Drake, CO · DRAKE, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N542FHHiller Acft 1100
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167607
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1511 72/9/3 DRAKE,COLO HILLER ACFT 1100 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 4592 TIME - 0910 N542FH PX- 0 0 0 CTR PASSG-D TOTAL HOURS, 570 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ESTES PARK,COLO RETURN SURVEY SITES TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE REMARKS- LND ON 1 SKID DUE STEEP SLOPE TO PICK UP PAX.T/R HIT ROCK.PLT TOOK OFF SUDDENLY.CRASHED 3 MI AWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N542FH
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft 1100
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
N542FHRegistration cancelled Jun 25, 1973 · 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.