# NTSB CHI69D0218: Enstrom F-28A, N4462, Port Washngtn, WI, July 27, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 27, 1968
- Place: Port Washngtn, WI · PORT WASHNGTN, WI
- Location: 43.4015° N, 87.8757° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Washington, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4015&lon=-87.8757&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 18, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 108901
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI69D0218
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69D0218

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2814  68/7/27    PORT WASHNGTN,WIS   ENSTROM F-28A       CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 1445                    N4462               PX-  0  0  3  OTHER                     31, 7800 TOTAL HOURS, 200
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M.
        REMARKS- LOCAL SIGHTSEEING FLT.PLT TOOK OFF OVER WATER,LOST ROTOR RPM,HAD TO RETURN TO SHORE TO LAND.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N4462 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ENSTROM F-28A
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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