- Date
- September 24, 1978
- Place
- Kingman, AZ · KINGMAN, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N665HEnstrom 280C
- Status
- Completed · report November 22, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780924033029A
- Case key
- 139869
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3111 78/9/24 NR.KINGMAN,AZ ENSTROM 280C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 2416 TIME - 0950 N665H PX- 0 1 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 86 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAUGHLIN,NV ODLE RANCH,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N665H
- Reported as
- Enstrom 280C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N665HRegistered now · Enstrom Helicopter 280CAirframe modelEnstrom Helicopter 280CEngine modelLycoming HI0-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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