- Date
- February 23, 1979
- Place
- Blacksburg, VA · BLACKSBURG, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N30VAHiller 1100
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790223003319A
- Case key
- 137893
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0230 79/2/23 BLACKSBURG,VA HILLER 1100 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 29, 265 TIME - 1035 N30VA PX- 0 0 0 POLICE PATROL TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VPI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BLACKSBURG,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- FLEW INTO FOG BANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30VA
- Reported as
- Hiller 1100
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Vpi
N30VARegistration cancelled Oct 11, 1979 · Fairchild Hiller FH-1100Airframe modelFairchild Hiller FH-1100
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.