- Date
- July 13, 1979
- Place
- Victoria, TX · VICTORIA, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N51774Enstrom F-28C
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790713028689A
- Case key
- 134145
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2549 79/7/13 VICTORIA,TX ENSTROM F-28C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 1126 TIME - 1830 N51774 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 29 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VICTORIA,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: HOVERING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- COLLIDED W TREE & FENCE DURING FORCED LNDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51774
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N51774 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB FTW97LA094Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportLake Jackson, TXThe failure of the #2 cylinder for an undetermined reason which resulted in an exhaust leak that melted an oil line.NTSB FTW89LA079Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPadre Island, TXThe pilot's decision to fly in adverse weather condition. The adverse weather was a related factor.