- Date
- June 14, 1978
- Place
- Vero Beach, FL · VERO BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9250Enstrom F-28A
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780614015259A
- Case key
- 141787
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1328 78/6/14 VERO BEACH,FL ENSTROM F-28A CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1220 N9250 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 34, 6900 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 55 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VERO BEACH MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VERO BEACH,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- PRACTICE HOVERING AUTOROTATIONS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9250
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vero Beach Muni
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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.