# NTSB ATL85LA115: Enstrom F-28A, N9248, Jacksonville, NC, March 9, 1985

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 9, 1985, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Jacksonville, NC
- Coordinates: 34.489276, -79.1091 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4893&lon=-79.1091&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6758
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL85LA115
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6758/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA115

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, taxi - aerial
  - terrain condition - ground
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command

## Analysis

THE PLT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE ACFT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO AIR TAXI THE HELICOPTER TO ANOTHER POSITION ON THE RAMP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9248](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9248-1997-11-05), registration cancelled 1997-11-05, S/N 236 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTROM F-28A
- Registry model: [Enstrom F-28A](https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-f-28a) (registry code 3300406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 236
- Airframe hours: 1456
- Engines: LYCOMING HIO-360-C1B 250 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Rex M. Kennedy
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, January 15, 1985, 21 hours before
- Departed: OAJ, JACKSONVILLE, NC
- Airport: OAJ, Albert Ellis

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,370 total, 4 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point -0 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850309008919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850309008919A), Mar 9, 1985: Enstrm F28A, Jacksonville, NC, Substantial damage. Tail boom struck ground during attempted aerial taxi. Pilot was not certified for solo flight.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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