- Date
- August 5, 1976
- Place
- Barnegat Light, NJ · BARNEGAT LIGHT, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N15SBEnstrom F-28A
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760805027809A
- Case key
- 156156
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3774 76/8/5 BARNEGAT LIGHT,NJ ENSTROM F-28A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 1977 TIME - 1025 N15SB PX- 0 0 1 MAPPING/PHOTO TOTAL HOURS, 320 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP TETERBORO,NJ RETURN CALDWELL,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: HOVERING DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- ACFT SUNK 30 FT WATER,NOT RECOVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15SB
- 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.
Other investigations on N15SB · 1
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