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NTSB accident investigation · Enstrom F28A · Pikesville, MD · April 21, 1977

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
April 21, 1977
Place
Pikesville, MD · PIKESVILLE, MD
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Aircraft
N9566Enstrom F28A
Status
Completed · report July 5, 1977
Report
Brief approved by the director
FAA report
19770421009579A
Case key
157938

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1067  77/4/21    PIKESVILLE,MD       ENSTROM F28A        CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, 601
        TIME - 0730                    N9566               PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 445 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          PIKESVILLE,MD               BALTIMORE,MD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     TAKEOFF: VERTICAL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS

Aircraft

Registration
N9566
Reported as
Enstrom F28A
Category
Helicopter
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed

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FAA reports on this event · 1

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