- Date
- November 16, 1980
- Place
- Salt Lake City, UT · SALT LAKE CITY, UT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N51780Enstrom 280C
- Status
- Completed · report December 18, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801116067859A
- Case key
- 127793
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2979 80/11/16 SALT LAKE CITY,UT ENSTROM 280C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 3782 TIME - 0650 N51780 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 630 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALT LAKE CITY,UT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51780
- Reported as
- Enstrom 280C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.