- Date
- December 26, 1980
- Place
- Eureka, CA · EUREKA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N541HEnstrom F-28-C
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801226078479A
- Case key
- 127604
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3472 80/12/26 EUREKA,CA ENSTROM F-28-C CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 33, 40 TOTAL TIME - 1450 N541H PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EUREKA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: EXTERNAL SUPERCHARGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SHEARED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DRIVE SHAFT SHEARED,RAJAY TURBO,PN RJ 1045-2.MAIN FUEL PUMP,TURBO DRIVEN.PLT RPRTD ELEC BOOST ON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N541H
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28-C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N541HRegistration cancelled Jan 30, 2013 · Enstrom F-28CAirframe modelEnstrom F-28CEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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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.