- Date
- December 15, 1968
- Place
- Sylmar, CA · SYLMAR, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4465Enstrom F-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 192039
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4843 68/12/15 SYLMAR,CALIF ENSTROM F-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1350 N4465 PX- 0 0 0 CHECK AGE 28, 3001 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 28 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS CHECK PILOT - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- ROTORCRAFT FLT TEST.EXAMINER ALLOWED PLT TO FLARE TOO STEEPLY.T/R STRUCK GRND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4465
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage