- Date
- July 2, 1979
- Place
- Portage, AK · PORTAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N532HEnstrom F-28C
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790702041809A
- Case key
- 133909
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3953 79/7/2 NR.PORTAGE,AK ENSTROM F-28C CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1530 N532H PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 20, 1322 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 44 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANCHORAGE,AK PORTAGE,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NO 2 CONNECTING ROD CAP & BOLT FAILED.ROTOR BLADE HIT TAIL DRG FORCED LNDG ON TUNDRA.CO FLT PLN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N532H
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.