- Date
- December 28, 1984, 09:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sausalito, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N51755Enstrom F-28C
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841228068929A
- Case key
- 24620
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Wx conds were sky obscured, visibility less than 1/16 of a mile in fog. Plt arrived at heliport, went directly to acft and started engine. Another heliport plt went to acft and advised mishap plt against departure due to low visibility. Mishap plt replied he thought 'the weather was better a little ways down the bay.' Acft collided with water about 30 secs after liftoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51755
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 436
- Airframe hours
- 1,215
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-E1AD, 205 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Doric Development Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1984 · 135 hours before
- Departed
- Sausalito, CA
- Destination
- OAK · Oakland, CA
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 720 total · 720 in this make and model · 720 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 48 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.