- Date
- April 8, 1976
- Place
- Evanston, WY · EVANSTON, WY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N539HEnstrom F-28C
- Status
- Completed · report September 8, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760408010649A
- Case key
- 153609
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2114 76/4/8 NR.EVANSTON,WY ENSTROM F-28C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0715 N539H PX- 0 0 2 CORP/EXEC 28, 2962 TOTAL HOURS, 155 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LANDING AREA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EVANSTON,WY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: ROLL-ON/RUN-ON GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL-ON/RUN-ON PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND GROUND FOG LIGHT AND VARIABLE TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 40 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- DENSITY ALT 7000FT.WIND LIGHT.APPROACH MADE ON A SLIGHT DOWNSLOPE ROUTE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N539H
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Landing Area
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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.