- Date
- April 8, 1981
- Place
- Knoxville, TN · KNOXVILLE, TN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4871Enstrom F-28A
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810408016629A
- Case key
- 126916
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0433 81/4/8 KNOXVILLE,TN ENSTROM F-28A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1611 N4871 PX- 0 0 2 CORP/EXEC AGE 30, 5997 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 26 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCGHEE TYSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KNOXVILLE,TN SEVIERVILLE,TN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER TAXI: AERIAL TAXI TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 10000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 70 200 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 11 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- 165 HRS EXP IN ROTORCRAFT.TAXIING DNWIND,LOST DIR CTL,T/D ON LH SKID,ROLLED OVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4871
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mcghee Tyson
N4871Registration cancelled Aug 8, 2012 · Enstrom F-28AAirframe modelEnstrom F-28AEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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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.