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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Enstrom Helicopter 480B · Punta Cana · May 16, 2014

Date
May 16, 2014 · 12:30 local
Place
Punta Cana
Airport
Punta Cana
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Operator
2NTF
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N306RP
Reported as
Enstrom Helicopter 480B
Reported engine
Rolls-Royce 250-C20W
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Unknown or foreign certificate

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.

The dominican republic aviation authority should questions the pilot ability to perform a successfull autorotation. The area shown in the pictures of the accidented aircraft appear to be big enough make a successfull autorotation, unless other unknown factors were involved after the engine failure.

As the FAA filed it

THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AVIATION AUTHORITY SHOULD QUESTIONS THE PILOT ABILITY TO PERFORM A SUCCESSFULL AUTOROTATION. THE AREA SHOWN IN THE PICTURES OF THE ACCIDENTED AIRCRAFT APPEAR TO BE BIG ENOUGH MAKE A SUCCESSFULL AUTOROTATION, UNLESS OTHER UNKNOWN FACTORS WERE INVOLVED AFTER THE ENGINE FAILURE.