- Date
- December 2, 1979
- Place
- St. Louis, MO · ST. LOUIS, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4896Enstrom F-28A
- Status
- Completed · report January 7, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791202032259A
- Case key
- 133619
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3046 79/12/2 ST. LOUIS,MO ENSTROM F-28A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1200 N4896 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 34, 1840 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 211 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ARROWHEAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST. LOUIS,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. REMARKS- PLT STATED-DEMONSTRATING AUTOROTATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4896
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Arrowhead
N4896Registration cancelled Dec 18, 2012 · Enstrom F-28AAirframe modelEnstrom F-28AEngine modelLycoming I0360 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.