- Date
- August 25, 1973
- Place
- Teterboro, NJ · TETERBORO, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N15SBEnstrom F-28A
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730825028389A
- Case key
- 189074
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2616 73/8/25 TETERBORO,NJ ENSTROM F-28A CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 3800 TIME - 1430 N15SB PX- 0 0 0 SOLO TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TETERBORO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TETERBORO,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAXI: AERIAL TAXI, OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE TRAINING OF STUDENT REMARKS- PIC LOST CONTROL OF HELICOPTER WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MANEUVER ON HELIPORT BETWEEN PARKED AIRCRAFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15SB
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Teterboro
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Other investigations on N15SB · 1
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