ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 72121
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Date: | Thursday 30 December 2004 |
Time: | 12:00 |
Type: | Enstrom 280C Shark |
Owner/operator: | Bell Helicopter Inc. |
Registration: | N175BM |
MSN: | 1109 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Pedricktown, NJ -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Pedricktown, NJ (7N7) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:During his first solo flight in the accident helicopter, the pilot made adjustments to the cyclic and collective controls during the takeoff. When his attention was diverted, the engine and rotor rpm decayed below the "green zone", and he subsequently elected to perform an autorotation to a field. He did not perform a landing flare and the helicopter landed hard, bounced, and then rolled onto its side. He reported no mechanical abnormalities with the helicopter and stated that the accident was "a result of pilot error."
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the helicopter during the takeoff and his failure to flare during the autorotation.
Sources:
NTSB:
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20050119X00070&key=1 Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
31-Jan-2010 10:28 |
Alpine Flight |
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26-Apr-2013 17:59 |
TB |
Updated [Date, Time, Registration, Cn, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
21-Dec-2016 19:25 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
07-Dec-2017 18:35 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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