- Date
- March 17, 1977
- Place
- Howell, MI · HOWELL, MI
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9598Enstrom F-28A
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770317008339A
- Case key
- 157510
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0729 77/3/17 HOWELL,MI ENSTROM F-28A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 65 TOTAL TIME - 1645 N9598 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORTHLAND HELIPRT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOWELL,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: POWER-ON DESCENT HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CFI IN RIGHT SEAT TOOK CONTROL AFTER 1ST ACCIDENT. PURPOSE OF FLT - REPOSITION ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9598
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Northland Heliprt
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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.