- Date
- July 15, 1974
- Place
- Glacier Park, MT · GLACIER PARK, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N711KHHiller Acft FH1100
- Status
- Completed · report January 27, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740715021509A
- Case key
- 132575
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3802 74/7/15 GLACIER PARK,MONT HILLER ACFT FH1100 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 6000 TIME - 1030 N711KH PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 36 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST GLACIER,MONT GLACIER PARK,MONT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 45 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- LDG ON ROCK LEDGE.SLID INTO ROCKS.DMGD M/R BLADES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N711KH
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft FH1100
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N711KHRegistration cancelled May 3, 2013 · Fairchild Hiller FH-1100Airframe modelFairchild Hiller FH-1100Engine modelAllison 250 SER 317HP
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N711KH · 1
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