- Date
- September 19, 1979
- Place
- Champlain, VA · CHAMPLAIN, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N421FHHiller FH1100
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790919029489A
- Case key
- 133257
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3443 79/9/19 CHAMPLAIN,VA HILLER FH1100 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 1500 TIME - 0945 N421FH PX- 0 1 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 700 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLINTON,MD RICHMOND,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DURING AUTOROTATION PLT SAW POWERLINE & ATTEMPTED TO GLIDE OVER IT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N421FH
- Reported as
- Hiller FH1100
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N421FHRegistration cancelled Jun 12, 2012 · Fairchild Hiller FH-1100Airframe modelFairchild Hiller FH-1100Engine modelAllison 250 SER 250HP
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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.
Other investigations on N421FH · 1
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