- Date
- August 3, 1977
- Place
- Ford City, PA · FORD CITY, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N547HEnstrom F28C
- Status
- Completed · report January 18, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770803029629A
- Case key
- 145525
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3635 77/8/3 FORD CITY,PA ENSTROM F28C CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 2047 TIME - 2145 N547H PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 310 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORD CITY,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- MIXT CTL PLATE & IDLE THROTTLE PLATE BOTH SHOWED ROTATIONAL GROVES & MINUTE METAL SHAVINGS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N547H
- Reported as
- Enstrom F28C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N547HRegistration cancelled Sep 21, 2012 · Enstrom F-28CAirframe modelEnstrom F-28CEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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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.