- Date
- April 25, 1977
- Place
- Watson Is, FL · WATSON IS, FL
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5068FHiller Acft 1100H
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 147273
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2565 77/4/25 NR.WATSON IS,FL HILLER ACFT 1100H CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 10000 TIME - 1500 N5068F PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATSON IS,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION BIRD STRIKE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - BIRD COLLISION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- TYPE BIRD UNK.T/R BLADES SEPD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5068F
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft 1100H
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5068FRegistration cancelled Apr 22, 1992 · Fairchild Hiller FH-1100Airframe modelFairchild Hiller FH-1100
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.
Other investigations on N5068F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.