- Date
- August 13, 1971
- Place
- Osseo, MN · OSSEO, MN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2525MEnstrom F-28A
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163023
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3833 71/8/13 NR.OSSEO,MINN ENSTROM F-28A CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 3330 TIME - 2330 N2525M PX- 1 0 0 POLICE PATROL TOTAL HOURS, 342 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OSSEO,MINN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2525M
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2525MRegistration cancelled Oct 7, 1971 · Enstrom F-28AAirframe modelEnstrom F-28AEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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