- Date
- June 5, 1982, 10:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Rayland, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N239QEnstrom 280
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820605020729A
- Case key
- 72350
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power
Miscellaneous - undeterminedCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Weather condition - rainFactor
Weather condition - fogFactor
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
About three minutes after takeoff, the engine lost power and the helicopter crashed in a wooded area. No preimpact failures of the aircraft or engine were found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N239Q
- Reported as
- Enstrom 280
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1006
- Airframe hours
- 800
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Ronald Delvecchio
- Registered owner
- Ronald Delvecchio
- Departed
- Rayland, OH
- Destination
- Rayland, OH
- Airport
- Private Airstrip
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,780 total · 480 in this make and model · 5,200 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.