- Date
- May 17, 1976
- Place
- Prairie City, OR · PRAIRIE CITY, OR
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N530HEnstrom F-28A
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760517015299A
- Case key
- 153654
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1892 76/5/17 PRAIRIE CITY,OR ENSTROM F-28A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE UNK/NR, 78 TIME - 1230 N530H PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP JOHN DAY,OR RETURN DEARDORFF SUMMIT,OR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. REMARKS- TKOF FM QUARRY AT 6100FT.LOST RPM WHEN OUT OF GROUND-EFFECT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N530H
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N530HRegistration cancelled Dec 18, 1981 · Enstrom Helicopter 280CAirframe modelEnstrom Helicopter 280C
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N530H · 1
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