- Date
- February 9, 1978
- Place
- Westwood, MA · WESTWOOD, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N240QEnstrom F-28A
- Status
- Completed · report April 12, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780209002869A
- Case key
- 143799
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0368 78/2/9 WESTWOOD,MA ENSTROM F-28A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0855 N240Q PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 32, 3940 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 800 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FOXBORO,MA HANSFIELD,MA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: MAIN ROTOR PULLEYS,BELTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- MAIN ROTOR DRIVE BELT FAILED.NO FURTHER DAMAGE DURING AUTOROTATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N240Q
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.