- Date
- December 6, 1982, 19:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Chugiak, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9607Enstrom F-28A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19821206064319A
- Case key
- 70246
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The aircraft collided with ground and rolled while the pilot was hover taxiing downwind. The winds were described as 15 KTS to gusts as high as 45 KTS. The Enstrom chief engineer reported that a downwind hover tends to decay the main rotor RPM due to excessive use of tailrotor pedal, especially at high gross weights. This aircraft was near its maximum gross weight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9607
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 158
- Airframe hours
- 550
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360C1A, 205 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Alyeska Air Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Aero White, Inc.
- Departed
- C · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- C · Chugiak, AK
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- Z15 · Birchwood Airport, runway 19, 4,000 × 100 ft, macadam
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,300 total · 45 in this make and model · 2,100 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 360° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 97 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.