- Date
- April 24, 1975
- Place
- Clifton, VA · CLIFTON, VA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4469Enstrom F28A
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750424009369A
- Case key
- 132403
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0893 75/4/24 CLIFTON,VA ENSTROM F28A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 2133 TIME - 1700 N4469 PX- 0 0 1 POLICE PATROL TOTAL HOURS, 900 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHANTILLY,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- ATTN DIVERTED TO A SUSPICIOUS CAR LOCATED IN A WOODED AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4469
- Reported as
- Enstrom F28A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4469 · 1
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