# NTSB NYC68I0088: Fchld-Hillr FH-227, N38280, Montpelier, VT, January 4, 1968

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 4, 1968
- Place: Montpelier, VT · MONTPELIER, VT
- Location: 44.2664° N, 72.5715° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Montpelier, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2664&lon=-72.5715&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 12 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 15, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 111582
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC68I0088
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC68I0088

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0001   68/1/4    MONTPELIER, VT      FCHLD-HILLR FH-227  CR-  0  0  3  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - 1355                    N38280              PX-  0  0  9                            UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BARRE-MONTPELIER
        OPERATOR - NORTHEAST AIRLINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY
        REMARKS- INTENTIONAL GRND-LOOP.-ACFT CAME TO REST OFF RNWY ABOUT 100 FT FRM END.PLTS COULD NOT USE GRNDFINE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N38280 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: FCHLD-HILLR FH-227
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Barre-Montpelier

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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