- Date
- May 25, 1983, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Beaumont, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N543FHFairchild Hiller FH-1100
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830525021069A
- Case key
- 20912
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The helicopter was damaged in an emergency landing in a street. The acft had just taken off from an adjoining parking lot in a shopping center. According the plt the acft lost rotor RPM at 150-175 ft during climb after takeoff and went into a 'settling with power situation.' During the landing the acft bounced and skidded into a building.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N543FH
- Reported as
- Fairchild Hiller FH-1100
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 43
- Airframe hours
- 1,915
- Engine
- Allison 250-C18, 274 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Olen W. Murff
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- Houston, TX
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 8,159 total · 533 in this make and model · 8,036 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N543FH · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.