- Date
- December 7, 1979
- Place
- Port Mansfield, TX · PORT MANSFIELD, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N51759Enstrom F-28C
- Status
- Completed · report January 17, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791207033639A
- Case key
- 133575
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2977 79/12/7 NR.PORT MANSFIELD,TX ENSTROM F-28C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 667 TIME - 0915 N51759 PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 105 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORT MANSFIELD,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- MANUALLY OPERATED CLUTCH(BETWEEN ENG & TRANSMISSION)FOUND IN DISENGAGED POSITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51759
- 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.