- Date
- June 15, 1978
- Place
- Ft Washington, PA · FT WASHINGTON, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9569Enstrom F-28A
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780615014839A
- Case key
- 141505
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1885 78/6/15 FT WASHINGTON,PA ENSTROM F-28A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 1127 TIME - 1615 N9569 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 104 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT WASHINGTON,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: MAIN ROTOR PULLEYS,BELTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- JAM NUT P/N AN316-5 BECAME LOOSE.BELT TENSION ASSEMBLY DISCONNECTED.PWR LOSS TO ROTOR SYS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9569
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9569 · 1
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