Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 N184FH

Summary

On 19 December 1985 at about 16:45 local time, a Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 registered N184FH was involved in an accident near Bountiful, Utah, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 December 1985 at 16:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Bountiful, Utah, United States

Coordinates

40.8801, -111.8207

Aircraft

Fairchild Hiller FH-1100

Registration

N184FH

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bountiful → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN86LA049

4 people were seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ACCORDING TO THE PLT, HE AND THREE FRIENDS WERE EN ROUTE TO A LOCAL SKI RESORT, WHEN THE HELICOPTER ENCOUNTERED DETERIORATING WX. THE PLT STATED HE ELECTED TO CROSS THE RIDGE AND FLY DOWN A RAVINE TO MAINTAIN VISUAL REFERENCE. THE PLT SAID HE WAS AWARE OF POWER LINES IN THE RAVINE. SO HE INCREASED ALT. UPON GAINING ALT, THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED IMC. THE PLT STATED THAT HE REGAINED VISUAL GROUND REFERNCE PRIOR TO GROUND CONTACT AND USED REMAINING PITCH TO REDUCE THE VERTICAL VELOCITY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.