- Date
- December 1, 1978
- Place
- West Columbia, SC · WEST COLUMBIA, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8126HHiller FH1100
- Status
- Completed · report July 20, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781201039319A
- Case key
- 138174
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4386 78/12/1 WEST COLUMBIA,SC HILLER FH1100 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1338 N8126H PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING 34, 7124 TOTAL HOURS, 255 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLUMBIA METRO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST COLUMBIA,SC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: POWER-ON DESCENT HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: MAIN ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ONE PITCH CHANGE LINK,P/N 24-30-206-57,AND THE ENG TRANS DRIVE SHAFT,P/N 2484-446,FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8126H
- Reported as
- Hiller FH1100
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Columbia Metro
N8126HRegistration cancelled May 13, 2013 · 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.
Other investigations on N8126H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.