- Date
- May 8, 1978
- Place
- Wheatland, IN · WHEATLAND, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N51684Enstrom F28C
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780508012909A
- Case key
- 141865
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1298 78/5/8 WHEATLAND,IN ENSTROM F28C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1730 N51684 PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC 28, 4014 TOTAL HOURS, 150 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WHEATLAND,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51684
- Reported as
- Enstrom F28C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N51684Registration cancelled Apr 1, 2013 · Enstrom F-28CAirframe modelEnstrom F-28CEngine modelLycoming HIO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N51684 · 1
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