# Incident 20130125001409I: Enstrom Helicopter Corp 480B, Emily, MN, January 25, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2013, 17:35 local time
- Place: Emily, MN
- Airport: Aitkin Municipal-Steve Kurtz Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.5485° N, 93.6766° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AITKIN MUNI/STEVE KURTZ FLD (AIT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5485&lon=-93.6766&mi=10
- Aircraft: N145NR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N145NR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom Helicopter 480B (registry code 3300561, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-helicopter-480b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTROM HELICOPTER CORP 480B
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC 250-C20W
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,130 total, 54 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130125001409I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WHILE CRUSING AT 1900 FT MSL, 100 INDICATED AIRSPEED APPROX. 100 KNOTS, PILOT STATED THAT AIRCRAFT PITCHED UP, WITH A SIMULTANEOUS BANG, 70 DEGREE LEFT YAW AND THEN AND THEN NOSE DOWN 40 DEGREES.  PILOT THEN NOTICED PUFF OF SMOKE FROM EXHAUST.  PILOT STATED THAT HE LOWERED COLLECTIVE AND CHECKED THROTTLE TO BE SURE IT WAS FULL OPEN AND ENGINE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SPOOL UP AGAIN.  ENGINE INSTRUMENTS THEN ALL WENT TO ZERO AND ENGINE WAS IN LOW RPM.  PILOT LANDED ON SKIDS, FIRMLY ON PAVEMENT AND SLID ABOUT 90 FEET TO STOP.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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