- Date
- May 10, 1968
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI · MILWAUKEE, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4462Enstrom F-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110540
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2337 68/5/10 MILWAUKEE,WIS ENSTROM F-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0745 N4462 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 31, 7500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 132 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GENERAL MITCHELL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: TAIL ROTOR BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- T/R ASSEMBLY SEPARATED DUE TO ROTOR SPINDLE FAILURE.LANDED WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4462
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- General Mitchell