- Date
- July 19, 1988, 17:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place
- Glendive, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N111CDEnstrom 280C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880719028449A
- Case key
- 17510
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 control - in flight
Weather condition - high density altitudeFactor
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Lack of total experience in type operationFactor
Aircraft performance,helicopter hover performance - exceededCause
Rotor rpm - not maintainedCause
Roll over
Terrain condition - none suitableFactor
Precautionary landing - performed
Aircraft
- Registration
- N111CD
- Reported as
- Enstrom 280C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1035
- Airframe hours
- 1,040
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-EIAD, 205 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kohler, Terry J.
- Registered owner
- Kohler, Terry J.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 8, 1988 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- GDV · Glendive, MT
- Destination
- GDV
N111CDRegistration cancelled Aug 31, 1990 · Enstrom Helicopter 280CAirframe modelEnstrom Helicopter 280C
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
- 54
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,201 total · 90 in this make and model · 3,622 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 49 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °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.