- Date
- November 11, 1980
- Place
- Lima, PA · LIMA, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N90775Enstrom F-28A
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801111063989A
- Case key
- 128039
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3535 80/11/11 LIMA,PA ENSTROM F-28A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1800 N90775 PX- 0 0 0 OTHER 38, 3130 TOTAL HOURS, 280 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FRANKLIN MINT HEL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHILADELPHIA,PA LIMA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 38 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 330 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- DRG LNDG AFTER TRAFFIC RPRTG FLT,DARK NGT,ENCTRD DWNDFT OVR UNEVEN TRRN.WND GSTG 20KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90775
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Franklin Mint Hel
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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.