Enstrom 280C N123MT

19 July 1978 · Boise, Idaho, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 19 July 1978 at about 15:25 local time, a Enstrom 280C registered N123MT, operated by Trimble Oil Co, was involved in an accident during in flight near Boise, Idaho, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 19 July 1978 at 15:25
Classification: Accident
Location: Boise, Idaho, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Enstrom 280C
Registration: N123MT
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Trimble Oil Co
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Practice
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1485

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

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

OVERHEATED ENG CAUSED VAPOR LOCK. PLT WAS HOVERING PREV, TOOK OFF TO COOL ENG. HELI HIT RIDGE.

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 3-1485, 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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28 Jul 1978	Enstrom 280C N530H	Lester, Washington, United States no coordinates	5 JS Aviation	Fatal	1
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