- Date
- April 23, 1976
- Place
- White Bird, ID · WHITE BIRD, ID
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N715BPEnstrom F-28A
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760423017069A
- Case key
- 153650
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1865 76/4/23 WHITE BIRD,ID ENSTROM F-28A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 23, 40 TOTAL TIME - 1815 N715BP PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WHITE BIRD,ID LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH WIRES WHICH WRAPPED ARND M/R & T/R DRIVE SHAFTS.PLT AND PAX LATER DIED OF THEIR INJ.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N715BP
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.