- Date
- March 29, 1980
- Place
- Huntington Bch, CA · HUNTINGTON BCH, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N527FHHiller Acft FH1100
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800329007399A
- Case key
- 131544
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1939 80/3/29 HUNTINGTON BCH,CA HILLER ACFT FH1100 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 6400 TIME - 1831 N527FH PX- 1 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 2644 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SIGNAL HELIPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUNTINGTON BCH,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- WRECKAGE PARTIALLY RECOVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N527FH
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft FH1100
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Signal Heliport
N527FHRegistration cancelled Dec 23, 1981 · 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.