- Date
- January 30, 1968
- Place
- Zephyrhills, FL · ZEPHYRHILLS, FL
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N349FHPilatus PC-6H2
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111789
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0288 68/1/30 ZEPHYRHILLS,FLA PILATUS PC-6H2 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 2455 TIME - 1010 N349FH PX- 0 2 3 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ZEPHYRHILLS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ACFT TRIM SET FULL NOSE UP. ON LOAN TO ARMY PARACHUTE JUMPING TEAM BY MANUFACTURER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N349FH
- Reported as
- Pilatus PC-6H2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Zephyrhills
N349FHRegistration cancelled Jun 5, 1970 · Fairchild Heli-Porter PILATUS PC6/B1-H2Airframe modelFairchild Heli-Porter PILATUS PC6/B1-H2
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.