Aviation Crash Map

Enstrom F-28A N4871

8 April 1981 · Knoxville, Tennessee, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 8 April 1981 at about 16:11 local time, a Enstrom F-28A registered N4871, operated by Aviation Unlim, was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 16:11
Classification
Accident
Location
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Nearest airport
McGhee Tyson
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Enstrom F-28A
Registration
N4871
Category
Helicopter
Engines
1
Operator
Aviation Unlim
Operating rule
Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight
Corporate/Executive
Phase of flight
Taxi
Route
S → Sevierville, Tn
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-0433

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
3 0 0 0 3

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

165 HRS EXP IN ROTORCRAFT.TAXIING DNWIND, LOST DIR CTL, T/D ON LH SKID, ROLLED OVER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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