- Date
- September 19, 1979
- Place
- Brighton, CO · BRIGHTON, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N598HEnstrom 280-C
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 132901
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0057 79/9/19 NR.BRIGHTON,CO ENSTROM 280-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1730 N598H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 34, 8970 TOTAL HOURS, 130 DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRIGHTON,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: TAIL ROTOR PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- TWO STUDS SEPARATED FM PITCH LINK RETAINER ASSEMBLY ALLOWING FREE MOVEMENT OF ONE T/R BLADE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N598H
- Reported as
- Enstrom 280-C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage