- Date
- April 9, 1981
- Place
- Aniak, AK · ANIAK, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N51732Enstrom F280C
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810409016829A
- Case key
- 127054
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0819 81/4/9 ANIAK,AK ENSTROM F280C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 1600 TIME - 1530 N51732 PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 600 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ANIAK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANIAK,AK FIELD SITE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 32 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- IGN SW INADVERTENTLY TURNED OFF WHEN PLT ATMPTD RELEASE SLING LOAD BECAUSE OF SEVERE VIBRATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51732
- Reported as
- Enstrom F280C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Aniak
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.