- Date
- July 13, 1986, 10:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Los Altos, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5692PEnstrom EN-280-C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860713032589A
- Case key
- 25212
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The instructor stated that during a practice auto rotative landing the helicopter lost rotor RPM and a hard landing followed. On ground contact, the main rotor blades struck the tail cone, resulting in substantial damage. The instructor further stated that there was no mechanical failure or malfunction of the helicopter.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5692P
- Reported as
- Enstrom EN-280-C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1185
- Airframe hours
- 1,556
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-E1BD, 205 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joseph R. Reinhard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 11, 1986 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- PAO · Palo Alto, 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
- 47
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,394 total · 215 in this make and model · 2,324 as pilot in command · 78 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5692P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.