- Date
- November 13, 1981
- Place
- Burke Island, WA · BURKE ISLAND, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N555BTEnstrom 280C
- Status
- Completed · report February 17, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811113074489A
- Case key
- 123017
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3189 81/11/13 BURKE ISLAND,WA ENSTROM 280C CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 2177 TIME - 1500 N555BT PX- 0 0 0 MAPPING/PHOTO TOTAL HOURS, 147 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WOODLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KELSO,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LOST PWR WHILE PHOTOGRAPHING AT LOW ALT.UN TO STOP FWD MVMNT BFR TCHDWN.SKIDS CAUGHT ON TALL GRASS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N555BT
- Reported as
- Enstrom 280C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Woodland
N555BTRegistration cancelled Mar 12, 1982 · Enstrom Helicopter 280CAirframe modelEnstrom Helicopter 280C
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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.