- Date
- December 11, 1986, 17:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Newport, RI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N647HEnstrom 280C
- Weather
- Not reported
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861211069419A
- Case key
- 30545
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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.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - snow
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Weather evaluation - poorCause
Vfr flight into imc - initiatedCause
Judgment - poorCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Visual lookout - reducedCause
Visual/aural perceptionCause
Light condition - night
Analysis
Aircraft descended and collided with water when the pilot attempted to regain visual ground reference when weather deteriorated. No plt acc report was received. Plt time was not reported or available.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N647H
- Reported as
- Enstrom 280C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1087
- Engine
- Lycoming HI0-36E1AD, 205 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Rhedom Realty Corp.
- Registered owner
- Rhedom Realty Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Oceancliff, RI
N647HRegistration cancelled Apr 30, 2013 · Enstrom Helicopter 280CAirframe modelEnstrom Helicopter 280CEngine modelLycoming HI0-360 series
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Weather
- Conditions
- Not reported
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.