- Date
- November 24, 1974
- Place
- Freeport, NY · FREEPORT, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N601PDHiller Acft FH1100
- Status
- Completed · report July 16, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741124044439A
- Case key
- 146479
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4332 74/11/24 FREEPORT,NY HILLER ACFT FH1100 CR- 0 2 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 3499 TIME - 1702 N601PD PX- 1 1 0 POLICE PATROL TOTAL HOURS, 2465 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BETHPAGE,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: POWER-ON DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - MISCELLANEOUS UNITS AND ASSEMBLIES: TAIL BOOMS/PYLONS/CONES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- DURING LNDG APCH AFT TAIL BOOM SEPARATED.PREEXISTING FATIGUE CRACKS FOUND IN TAIL FIN SPAR CHANNEL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N601PD
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft FH1100
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
N601PDRegistration cancelled May 8, 1975 · 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 N601PD · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.