- Date
- May 8, 1976
- Place
- Coopersburg, PA · COOPERSBURG, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N290QEnstrom F-28A
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760508009599A
- Case key
- 153598
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2010 76/5/8 COOPERSBURG,PA ENSTROM F-28A CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 28, 65 TOTAL TIME - 1940 N290Q PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COOPERSBURG,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- PLT NOT AWARE HELICOPTER DRIFTING RIGHT. R SKID HIT SLOPING GROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N290Q
- 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.