- Date
- February 2, 1970
- Place
- Bowie, MD · BOWIE, MD
- Injuries
- 4 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N371FHHiller Acft FH1100
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 142891
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0350 70/2/2 BOWIE,MD HILLER ACFT FH1100 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 2941 TIME - 1910 N371FH PX- 0 3 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 122 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BELTSVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRIENDSHIP ARPT NATIONAL ARPT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - TURBINE ASSEMBLY: OTHER POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- GENERAL DETERIORATION OF COMPRESSOR/TURBINE ASSYS,708 HR TT ENG.TELE WIRES ON APCH.ACFT CUT 1 WIRE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N371FH
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft FH1100
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Beltsville
N371FHRegistration cancelled Jun 29, 1970 · Fairchild Hiller FH-1100Airframe modelFairchild Hiller FH-1100
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