- Date
- July 19, 1972
- Place
- North Bend, WA · NORTH BEND, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N590FHHiller Acft FH1100
- Status
- Completed · report March 19, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168412
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3269 72/7/19 NR.NORTH BEND,WASH HILLER ACFT FH1100 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 1480 TIME - 1315 N590FH PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ENUMCLAW,WASH LAKE CALLIGAN,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: BLADE,COMPRESSOR ROTOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- TIMBER SURVEY.1 BLADE FROM EACH STAGE OF 5TH AND 6TH COMPRESSOR WHEEL FAILED.LND ON 30 DEG SLOPE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N590FH
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft FH1100
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N590FHRegistration cancelled Aug 19, 2013 · Fairchild Hiller FH-1100Airframe modelFairchild Hiller FH-1100Engine modelAllison 250 SER 250HP
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 N590FH · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB BFO87LA047Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCapron, VAThe plt made a 60 mph power descent landing apch. When the helicopter descended to a height of about 10 ft AGL, the plt raised collective and applied left rudder pressure. The helicopter abruptly turned right. According to the plt, the helicopter did not…NTSB ANC70IA092Incident · No injuriesClosedDelta Junctn, AK