- Date
- December 20, 1973
- Place
- Bethpage, NY · BETHPAGE, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N609PDHiller Acft FH1100
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731220040439A
- Case key
- 187530
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3806 73/12/20 BETHPAGE,NY HILLER ACFT FH1100 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 5899 TIME - 1402 N609PD PX- 0 0 0 OTHER PUBLIC TOTAL HOURS, 1798 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRUMMAN-BETHPAGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BETHPAGE,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: FAN MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- LARGE QUANITY OF TEXTILE MATERIAL FOUND IN ENG COMPRESSOR.SNOW SCOOP INSTALLED 12/14/73.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N609PD
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft FH1100
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grumman-Bethpage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.