# NTSB MKC72AKO02: Hiller FH1100, N8673, Mound City, MO, July 3, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 3, 1971
- Place: Mound City, MO · MOUND CITY, MO
- Location: 40.1365° N, 95.2337° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mound City, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1365&lon=-95.2337&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 11, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 163093
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC72AKO02
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC72AKO02

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3244   71/7/3    MOUND CITY,MO       HILLER FH1100       CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1515                    N8673               PX-  1  0  2  CTR PASSG-D               AGE 24, 2000 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            30 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BIG LAKE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MOUND CITY,MO               LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON                       STATIC: IDLING ROTORS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUCTIONS-MISINTERPRETED
        REMARKS- PSGRS TOLD BY PLT TO GO FORWARD AFTER DEPLANING.1 PSGR WALKED TO REAR,WAS HIT BY TAIL ROTOR.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8673](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8673-1993-05-05), registration cancelled 1993-05-05, S/N 88 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER FH1100
- Registry model: [Fairchild Hiller FH-1100](https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-hiller-fh-1100) (registry code 3376502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: turbo shaft
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Big Lake

## Other investigations on N8673 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN75AD006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75AD006), Aug 28, 1974: Hiller Acft FH1100 (N8673), Pinedale, WY, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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