- Date
- October 3, 1968
- Place
- Belden, CA · BELDEN, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N585FHHiller FH1100
- Status
- Completed · report November 13, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108373
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3280 68/10/3 BELDEN,CALIF HILLER FH1100 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0940 N585FH PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION AGE 52, 12000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 220 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT ROLL OVER LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CARGO SHIFTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES REMARKS- GRND RIGGERS DID NOT SECURE SLING LOAD PROPERLY.BAND BROKE,CARGO JACK KNIFED.LOAD NOT JETTISONED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N585FH
- Reported as
- Hiller FH1100
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N585FHRegistration cancelled May 12, 1969 · 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.