Enstrom F-28A N9057

12 August 1976 · Brownsville, Texas, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 12 August 1976 at about 12:50 local time, a Enstrom F-28A registered N9057, operated by Valley Internl, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Brownsville, Texas, United States. 3 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 12 August 1976 at 12:50
Classification: Accident
Location: Brownsville, Texas, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Enstrom F-28A
Registration: N9057
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Valley Internl
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2412

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	1	2

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

MANIFOLD PRESSURE ABOVE RED LINE TO SUSTAIN FLIGHT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2412, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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