Enstrom F-28A N90775

11 November 1980 · Lima, Pennsylvania, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 11 November 1980 at about 18:00 local time, a Enstrom F-28A registered N90775, operated by Fetsco AVN, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Lima, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 11 November 1980 at 18:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Lima, Pennsylvania, United States
Nearest airport: Franklin Mint Hel
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Enstrom F-28A
Registration: N90775
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Fetsco AVN
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Other
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Philadelphia, Pa → S
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 3-3535

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	1	0

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

DRG LNDG AFTER TRAFFIC RPRTG FLT, DARK NGT, ENCTRDDWNDFT OVR UNEVEN TRRN.WND GSTG 20KTS.

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 3-3535, 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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