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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Enstrm 280 · White Bird, ID · April 23, 1976

Date
April 23, 1976
Place
White Bird, ID
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N715BP
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA76FYG48
Reported as
Enstrm 280
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
40 total40 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Collided with wires which wrapped arnd m/r & t/r drive shafts. Plt and pax later died of their inj.

As the FAA filed it

COLLIDED WITH WIRES WHICH WRAPPED ARND M/R & T/R DRIVE SHAFTS.PLT AND PAX LATER DIED OF THEIR INJ.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.