- Date
- June 7, 1973
- Place
- Briarcliff Mnr, NY · BRIARCLIFF MNR, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N4885Enstrom F-28A
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730607015799A
- Case key
- 173524
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1650 73/6/7 BRIARCLIFF MNR,NY ENSTROM F-28A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 206 TIME - 2045 N4885 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 58 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRIARCLIFF MANOR,NY TETERBORO,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION REMARKS- DARK NIGHT,HELICOPTER STARTED SPINNING,PLT DID NOT KNOW DIR OF SPIN BUT TRIED STOP SPIN WITH RUD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4885
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.