19951006036129A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Enstrm 280C · Quakertown, PA · October 6, 1995

Date
October 6, 1995 · 17:20 local
Place
Quakertown, PA
Airport
Quakertown Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N976BT
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC96FA003
Reported as
Enstrm 280C
Reported engine
Lycoming HIO360E1AD
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
1,932 total82 in this make and model14 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.

In flight heard three pops. Rotors slowed. Blades coned upwards. Dropped. Magneto clips came off.

As the FAA filed it

IN FLIGHT HEARD THREE POPS. ROTORS SLOWED. BLADES CONED UPWARDS. DROPPED. MAGNETO CLIPS CAME OFF.

NTSB investigation

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