- Date
- September 24, 1978
- Place
- Brookwood, AL · BROOKWOOD, AL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9253Enstrom F-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780924029909A
- Case key
- 139780
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2807 78/9/24 BROOKWOOD,AL ENSTROM F-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 36, 366 TIME - 2015 N9253 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 108 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALABASTER,AL BROOKWOOD,AL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL REMARKS- LANDING AREA DENSE WITH TREES.PILOT LACKED RECENT GENERAL AND NIGHT EXPERIENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9253
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.