- Date
- March 17, 1979
- Place
- Schroon Lake, NY · SCHROON LAKE, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N604HEnstrom F-28C
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790317004889A
- Case key
- 137379
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0440 79/3/17 SCHROON LAKE,NY ENSTROM F-28C CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 566 TIME - 1710 N604H PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 178 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTREAL,QUEBEC,CAN ALBANY,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: OTHER REMARKS- NUT (AN924-6D) IN AIR FILTER HOUSING INJESTED BY TURBOCHARGER. INLET TURBINE BLADES DMGE TO ENGINE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N604H
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28C
- 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.