- Date
- July 7, 1978
- Place
- So.Dennis, MA · SO.DENNIS, MA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N51667Enstrom F28C
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780707026689A
- Case key
- 140267
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3241 78/7/7 SO.DENNIS,MA ENSTROM F28C CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 2595 TIME - 0910 N51667 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 80 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: VERTICAL COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PILOT WAS HELICOPTER STUDENT PILOT WITH ENDORSEMENT.TRIED TO MILK THROTTLE AFT RPM DECREASED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51667
- Reported as
- Enstrom F28C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.