- Date
- April 26, 1982, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Granger, WY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N629HEnstrom 280-C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 26, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820426012039A
- Case key
- 70885
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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(total) - nonmechanical
Throttle/power control - improperCause
Forced landing
Hard landing
Rotor system - distortedFactor
Gear collapsed
Landing gear - overloadFactor
Analysis
The aircraft's engine backfired and quit during takeoff. The pilot cleared a fence and during the forced landing the gear collapsed. No engine malfunction or failure could be found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N629H
- Reported as
- Enstrom 280-C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1082
- Airframe hours
- 730
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-E1AD, 205 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mark W. Matherly
- Registered owner
- Rocky Mountain Recycle
- Departed
- Granger, WY
- Destination
- Little America, WY
N629HRegistration cancelled Apr 29, 2013 · Enstrom Helicopter 280CAirframe modelEnstrom Helicopter 280CEngine modelLycoming HI0-360 series
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 770 total · 220 in this make and model · 660 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 104 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.