- Date
- December 8, 1970
- Place
- Columbus, GA · COLUMBUS, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N245CPHiller Acft FH1100
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159618
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4446 70/12/8 COLUMBUS,GA HILLER ACFT FH1100 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 4158 TIME - 1715 N245CP PX- 0 0 0 POLICE PATROL TOTAL HOURS, 108 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBUS,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: VERTICAL HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE REMARKS- TAIL ROTOR BLADES STRUCK BY UNKNOWN OBJECT DURING T/O FROM HIWAY MEDIAN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N245CP
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft FH1100
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage