- Date
- January 19, 1975
- Place
- New Hope, PA · NEW HOPE, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9238Enstrom F-28A
- Status
- Completed · report February 18, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750119000679A
- Case key
- 146953
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0052 75/1/19 NEW HOPE,PA ENSTROM F-28A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 25605 TIME - 1330 N9238 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 105 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW HOPE,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9238
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9238 · 1
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