- Date
- May 14, 1986, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ephrata, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N100WZEnstrom F-28C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860514087319A
- Case key
- 30340
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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.
Analysis
The Enstrom F28C was cruising enroute when it experienced a loss of power for reasons unknown. During the landing, in a large open field, the main rotor was damaged and the tail rotor separated from the tail boom. The lone occupant, the pilot, was uninjured but the aircraft received substantial damage. The plts flt time was not reported or available from the plt or from his records.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N100WZ
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-CIA, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Caravan Construction Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Lumberton, NJ
- Destination
- Toughkenamon, 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
- Commercial
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.