- Date
- May 16, 1979
- Place
- Shelbyville, KY · SHELBYVILLE, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N559HEnstrom F-28-C
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790516016299A
- Case key
- 135523
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3401 79/5/16 NR.SHELBYVILLE,KY ENSTROM F-28-C CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 47, 6930 TIME - 1230 N559H PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP DESTIN,FL COLUMBUS,OH BARDSTOWN,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: TAIL ROTOR GEAR BOX MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM
Aircraft
- Registration
- N559H
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28-C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.