- Date
- February 11, 1975
- Place
- Ventura, CA · VENTURA, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N544FHHiller Acft FH1100
- Status
- Completed · report March 11, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750211002039A
- Case key
- 146994
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0015 75/2/11 VENTURA,CA HILLER ACFT FH1100 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 3100 TIME - 1805 N544FH PX- 0 0 2 TEST TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VENTURA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COOLING SYSTEM: COWLING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: OTHER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENG COWL SEPARATED IN FLT AFTER MAINT PERSONNEL FAILED TO LATCH PROPERLY AFTER EARLIER PRECAUT LDG
Aircraft
- Registration
- N544FH
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft FH1100
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N544FHRegistration cancelled Nov 19, 1980 · 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.
Other investigations on N544FH · 1
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