Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 accident near Görkwitz, De, May 23, 2010
On May 23, 2010 at about 2:30 pm local time, a Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 (helicopter), registered N8672, was substantially damaged in an accident near Görkwitz. It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under rules the NTSB did not record. 4 people were killed. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- May 23, 2010 · about 2:30 pm local time
- Place
- Görkwitz, De · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- 4 people were killed.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 · all FH-1100s on the register
- Registration
- N8672 · no longer on the register · serial 92
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · rules the NTSB did not record
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
The aircraft
- Seats: 4
- Landing gear: fixed
Weather at the time
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flig | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 3 |
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number CEN10WA273.