- Date
- December 17, 1976
- Place
- Renton, WA · RENTON, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8678Hiller Acft FH1100
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761217040169A
- Case key
- 156387
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3526 76/12/17 RENTON,WA HILLER ACFT FH1100 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 3194 TIME - 1145 N8678 PX- 0 0 0 CHECK TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONGACRES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RENTON,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) CHECK PILOT - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT CHECK PILOT - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- LATE FLARE DRG PWR RECOVERY FM PRACTICE AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT.PIC-3HRS IN TYPE,CK PLT-4HRS IN TYPE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8678
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft FH1100
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Longacres
N8678Registration cancelled Aug 15, 1991 · 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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.