- Date
- October 4, 1976
- Place
- Lake Placid, FL · LAKE PLACID, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N162QEnstrom F-28A
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761004031209A
- Case key
- 156006
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2936 76/10/4 LAKE PLACID,FL ENSTROM F-28A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1230 N162Q PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 33, 7200 TOTAL HOURS, 180 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE PLACID,FL FT LAUDERDALE,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N162Q
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.