- Date
- March 9, 1967
- Place
- Wilsonville, OR · WILSONVILLE, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N192EEnstrom F-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119117
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0093 67/3/9 WILSONVILLE,OREG ENSTROM F-28 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1820 N192E PX- 0 0 1 OTHER AGE 48, 20600 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AURORA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: POWER-ON DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 2500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 40 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 225 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WINDS 15 KTS,GUSTING TO 20 KTS,CAUSED DOWNDRAFTS ON LEE SIDE OF TREES. PURPOSE OF FLT-BIRD SURVEY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N192E
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Aurora