- Date
- January 29, 1972
- Place
- N Merrick, NY · N MERRICK, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N601PDHiller FH1100
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165099
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0420 72/1/29 N MERRICK,NY HILLER FH1100 CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 2675 TIME - 1230 N601PD PX- 0 0 0 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 1558 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION N MERRICK,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAXI: AERIAL TAXI, OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED REMARKS- T/R HIT GND DURG A STOP IN A HOVER.DRCTNL CTL WAS LOST,HELO HIT GND SPINNING TO THE R.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N601PD
- Reported as
- Hiller FH1100
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N601PDRegistration cancelled May 8, 1975 · 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 N601PD · 2
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