19830427016319A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Enstrm F-28A · Schaumburg, IL · April 27, 1983

Date
April 27, 1983 · 16:30 local
Place
Schaumburg, IL
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N519H
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI83LA193
Reported as
Enstrm F28A
Reported engine
Lycoming HIO360A1A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,250 total510 in this make and model100 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.

Low RPM on flare for a practice autorotation landing resulted in ahard landing and rotors severing the tail boom.

As the FAA filed it

LOW RPM ON FLARE FOR A PRACTICE AUTOROTATION LANDING RESULTED IN AHARD LANDING AND ROTORS SEVERING THE TAIL BOOM.

NTSB investigation

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