- Date
- August 12, 1976
- Place
- Brownsville, TX · BROWNSVILLE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9057Enstrom F-28A
- Status
- Completed · report October 5, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760812027509A
- Case key
- 155479
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2412 76/8/12 BROWNSVILLE,TX ENSTROM F-28A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 9675 TIME - 1250 N9057 PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 362 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BROWNSVILLE,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- MANIFOLD PRESSURE ABOVE RED LINE TO SUSTAIN FLIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9057
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9057 · 1
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