- Date
- March 28, 1979
- Place
- Honolulu, HI · HONOLULU, HI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N623HEnstrom F-28C
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790328008949A
- Case key
- 137578
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0658 79/3/28 NR.HONOLULU,HI ENSTROM F-28C CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 554 TIME - 1315 N623H PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ILIKAI HELI PAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HONOLULU,HI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- LOW SLOW FLT FOR PHOTO MISSION.ACFT SETTLED WITH POWER INTO OCEAN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N623H
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ilikai Heli Pad
N623HRegistration cancelled Oct 4, 2012 · Enstrom F-28CAirframe modelEnstrom F-28CEngine modelLycoming HIO-360 series
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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.