- Date
- June 25, 1978
- Place
- Vaughn, NM · VAUGHN, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N627HEnstrom 280C
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780625015439A
- Case key
- 201230
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1385 78/6/25 VAUGHN,NM ENSTROM 280C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 1190 TIME - 1100 N627H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 350 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VAUGHN-PEREZ DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VAUGHN,NM PEREZ RESIDENCE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- FLARE AND PITCH PULL INSUFFICIENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N627H
- Reported as
- Enstrom 280C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vaughn-Perez
FAA reports on this event · 1
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