- Date
- August 14, 1968
- Place
- Breezy Point, NY · BREEZY POINT, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N375FHHiller FH1100
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108411
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3045 68/8/14 BREEZY POINT,NY HILLER FH1100 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 10800 TIME - 0945 N375FH PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 600 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCFT-ROTOR RPM LOST, CAUSE UNDETERMINED. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- ACFT NOT RECOVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N375FH
- Reported as
- Hiller FH1100
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
N375FHRegistration cancelled Nov 12, 1968 · Fairchild Hiller FH-1100Airframe modelFairchild Hiller FH-1100
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