- Date
- October 22, 1981
- Place
- Shaver Lake, CA · SHAVER LAKE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N56876Enstrom F-28C
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811022069259A
- Case key
- 123185
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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 81/10/22 SHAVER LAKE,CA ENSTROM F-28C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 9080 TIME - 1700 N56876 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 80 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHAVER LAKE,CA VISALIA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- PLT STATED SUN IN EYES,OVR BOOSTED PWR,RPM DECREASED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56876
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N56876Registration cancelled Mar 7, 2013 · Enstrom F-28CAirframe modelEnstrom F-28CEngine modelLycoming HIO-360 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.