- Date
- April 6, 1978
- Place
- Bloomington, IL · BLOOMINGTON, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N24RBEnstrom 28A
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780406005999A
- Case key
- 142659
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0403 78/4/6 BLOOMINGTON,IL ENSTROM 28A CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1405 N24RB PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 31, 9020 TOTAL HOURS, 500 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLOOMINGTON-NORM. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING TAXI: AERIAL TAXI, OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 1200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 290 18 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTS TO 24KTS.UNINTENTIONAL LIFTOFF DURING RUN-UP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24RB
- Reported as
- Enstrom 28A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bloomington-Norm.
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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.
Other investigations on N24RB · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.