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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Enstrm F-28C · Rice, WA · July 21, 1981

Date
July 21, 1981 · 06:30 local
Place
Rice, WA
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5689M
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA81FYP28
Reported as
Enstrm F28C
Reported engine
Lycoming HIO360E1AD
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,180 total705 in this make and model180 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Helicopter crashed during emergency landing attempt after engine failure.

As the FAA filed it

HELICOPTER CRASHED DURING EMERGENCY LANDING ATTEMPT AFTER ENGINE FAILURE.

NTSB investigation

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