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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Enstrm F-28A · Stow, OH · February 14, 1978

Date: February 14, 1978 · 17:30 local
Place: Stow, OH
Airport: Kent State Univer
Phase of flight: Sfl Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9597
Reported as: Enstrm F28A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,248 total70 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N9597Registration cancelled Apr 25, 1991 · Enstrom F-28AS/N 145 Airframe modelEnstrom F-28A

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What happened

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

Instructor demonstrating an autorotation. Struck runway with the tail rotor.

As the FAA filed it

INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATING AN AUTOROTATION. STRUCK RUNWAY WITH THE TAIL ROTOR.

Other reports on N9597 · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

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