- Date
- February 14, 1979
- Place
- Oxnard, CA · OXNARD, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9082Enstrom F-28A
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790214005609A
- Case key
- 137059
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0995 79/2/14 OXNARD,CA ENSTROM F-28A CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 3040 TIME - 1045 N9082 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OXNARD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SANTA YNES,CA LONG BEACH,CA OXNARD,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: ROLL-ON/RUN-ON PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: SPRAG SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL CONTAMINATION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- TRANS OIL CONTAINED ANTI-WEAR & TRACES OF EP ADDITIVES THAT COULD PREVENT UNIFORM SPRAG ENGAGEMENT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9082
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Oxnard
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.