- Date
- July 4, 1976
- Place
- Ortonville, MN · ORTONVILLE, MN
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N625HEnstron F-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 11, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760704020619A
- Case key
- 154590
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2864 76/7/4 ORTONVILLE,MN ENSTRON F-28 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 1777 TIME - 1630 N625H PX- 0 0 1 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ORTONVILLE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ORTONVILLE,MN PORTLAND,OR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: OTHER 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 - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- TKOF DNWND ALLOWED ROTOR RPM TO DETERIORATE.ACFT T/D SIDEWAYS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N625H
- Reported as
- Enstron F-28
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ortonville Muni
N625HRegistration cancelled Apr 4, 2017 · Enstrom F-28CAirframe modelEnstrom F-28CEngine modelLycoming HIO-360 series
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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.
Other investigations on N625H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.