- Date
- July 9, 1982, 21:40 local (Jul 10, 1982, 01:40 UTC)
- Place
- Hammonton, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N22BFEnstrom F28A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 70946
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power(partial) - nonmechanical
Miscellaneous - undeterminedCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
The pilot performed an autorotation when the aircraft's engine lost power. Examination revealed no preimpact malfunction or failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22BF
- Reported as
- Enstrom F28A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 249
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-C1A, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Spring House Leasing Inc.
- Registered owner
- Spring House Leasing Inc.
- Departed
- C · Ocean City, NJ
- Destination
- C · Gree Lane, PA
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk