- Date
- April 17, 1973
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA · PHILADELPHIA, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9562Enstrom F-28A
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730417008999A
- Case key
- 169848
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0530 73/4/17 PHILADELPHIA,PA ENSTROM F-28A CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1025 N9562 PX- 0 0 0 CHECK AGE 24, 2845 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 300 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - N PHILADELPHIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHILADELPHIA,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) CHECK PILOT - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF CHECK PILOT - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 21K.TAIL ROTOR HIT RWY FIRST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9562
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- N Philadelphia
N9562Registration cancelled May 23, 2013 · Enstrom F-28AAirframe modelEnstrom F-28AEngine 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.