- Date
- April 21, 1974
- Place
- East Putman, CT · EAST PUTMAN, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N4895Enstrom F-28A
- Status
- Completed · report May 31, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740421009899A
- Case key
- 186359
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0788 74/4/21 EAST PUTMAN,CONN ENSTROM F-28A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0955 N4895 PX- 0 0 0 OTHER 29, 4370 TOTAL HOURS, 251 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EAST PUTMAN,CONN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND STATIC: PARKED-ENGINES NOT OPERATING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: STACKS REMARKS- ACFT BURST INTO FLAMES AFTER SHUTDOWN.EXHAUST STACK CRACKED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4895
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.