NYC84LA171

NTSB accident investigation · Enstrom F-28A · Spencer, MA · May 11, 1984

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report

Date: May 11, 1984, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
Place: Spencer, MA
Injuries: 2 uninjured
Damage: Substantial damage
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft: N9220Enstrom F-28A
Weather: Visual (VMC) · Day
Status: Completed
Report: Approved by Office Director
FAA report: 19840511017029A
Case key: 35556

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.

On this page

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.

Hard landingLanding - flare/touchdown

Proper descent rate - misjudgedPilot in commandFactor

Level off - delayedPilot in commandCause

Analysis

According to the plt, the purpose of the flt was to practice autorotations. During practice, the acft touched down hard & was substantially damaged.

Aircraft

Registration: N9220
Reported as: Enstrom F-28A
Category: Helicopter
Serial number: 206
Airframe hours: 1,180
Engine: Lycoming HIO-C1A, reciprocating
Damage: Substantial damage
Flight: Instructional · Part 91
Registered owner: K. Sandstrom
Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
Departed: Spencer, MA
Airport: Andrews, runway 19, 1,700 × 100 ft, grass/turf

N9220Registration cancelled Nov 12, 2014 · Enstrom F-28AS/N 206 Airframe modelEnstrom F-28A

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
Age: 21
Certificates: Commercial, Flight instructor
Airplane ratings: Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
Instrument ratings: Airplane
Medical: Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Seat: Left
Flight hours: 365 total · 32 in this make and model · 244 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days

Weather

Conditions: Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind: 270° at 5 knots
Visibility: 20 statute miles
Lowest ceiling: None
Temperature: 61 °F

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 19840511017029AEnstrm F28A · Spencer, MAThe helicopter was damaged during a hard touchdown while practicing autorotations. Inexperienced instructor.May 11, 1984 · N9220 · Substantial damage