- Date
- July 20, 1976
- Place
- Collegeville, PA · COLLEGEVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9589Enstrom F-28A
- Status
- Completed · report October 1, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760720025729A
- Case key
- 154672
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2497 76/7/20 COLLEGEVILLE,PA ENSTROM F-28A CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, 650 TIME - 1600 N9589 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PERKIOMEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLLEGEVILLE,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT TAXI: AERIAL TAXI, OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: MAIN ROTOR HEAD ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- ROTOR HUB FAILED ON TEST FLT ALONG RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9589
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Perkiomen
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9589 · 1
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