# NTSB LAX69F0214: Enstrom F-28, N4465, Sylmar, CA, December 15, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 15, 1968
- Place: Sylmar, CA · SYLMAR, CA
- Location: 34.3078° N, 118.4492° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sylmar, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3078&lon=-118.4492&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 10, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192039
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX69F0214
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX69F0214

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ENSTROM F-28
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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