- Date
- July 16, 1977
- Place
- Toms River, NJ · TOMS RIVER, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N605HFEnstrom F28A
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770716025369A
- Case key
- 146049
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3312 77/7/16 TOMS RIVER,NJ ENSTROM F28A CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1000 N605HF PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 26, 2480 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 253 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MILLER AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TOMS RIVER,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: RAM AIR ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FLEX AIR INTAKE DUCT,90 DEG BEND CAUSED PARTIAL AIR RESTRICTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N605HF
- Reported as
- Enstrom F28A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Miller Airpark
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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.