# NTSB DEN73AD011: Hiller Acft 1100, N542FH, Drake, CO, September 3, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 3, 1972
- Place: Drake, CO · DRAKE, CO
- Location: 40.4319° N, 105.3403° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Drake, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4319&lon=-105.3403&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 1, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 167607
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN73AD011
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73AD011

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N542FH-1973-06-25), registration cancelled 1973-06-25, S/N 42 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER ACFT 1100
- Registry model: [Fairchild Hiller FH-1100](https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-hiller-fh-1100) (registry code 3376502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: turbo shaft
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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