- Date
- May 16, 1978
- Place
- Santa Maria, CA · SANTA MARIA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N544FHHiller Acft FH1100
- Status
- Completed · report July 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780516012959A
- Case key
- 142437
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1137 78/5/16 NR.SANTA MARIA,CA HILLER ACFT FH1100 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1230 N544FH PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION 30, 6600 TOTAL HOURS, 704 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA MARIA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N544FH
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft FH1100
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
N544FHRegistration cancelled Nov 19, 1980 · Fairchild Hiller FH-1100Airframe modelFairchild Hiller FH-1100
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N544FH · 1
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