- Date
- June 27, 1975
- Place
- Fremont, CA · FREMONT, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N439FHiller Acft FH1100
- Status
- Completed · report January 14, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79863
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3654 75/6/27 FREMONT,CA HILLER ACFT FH1100 CR- 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 2982 TIME - 1348 N439F PX- 0 0 0 POLICE PATROL TOTAL HOURS, 1248 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY SAILING DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JOSE,CA OAKLAND,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: CYCLIC PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- BOLT CAME LOOSE FRM AFT CYCLIC BELLCRANK ASSY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N439F
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft FH1100
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sky Sailing
N439FRegistration cancelled May 21, 1976 · 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.