19880527016509A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Enstrm F-28A · La Verne, CA · May 27, 1988

Date
May 27, 1988 · 11:30 local
Place
La Verne, CA
Airport
Brackett Field Airport
Phase of flight
Autorot Descent (Rotorcraft)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4898
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX88LA198
Reported as
Enstrm F28A
Reported engine
Lycoming HIO360C1A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,260 total150 in this make and model250 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Low on practice autorotation landing. Raised collective to clear a fence. Lost rotor RPM. Impacted. Tailboom strike

As the FAA filed it

LOW ON PRACTICE AUTOROTATION LANDING. RAISED COLLECTIVE TO CLEAR A FENCE. LOST ROTOR RPM. IMPACTED. TAILBOOM STRIKE

NTSB investigation

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