Enstrom 280C N51735

Summary

On 2 January 1982 at about 21:15 local time, a Enstrom 280C registered N51735, operated by Cass R. Ward, was involved in an accident near Midway, Utah, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

2 January 1982 at 21:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Midway, Utah, United States

Nearest airport

Field Ranch

Coordinates

40.5006, -111.5207

Aircraft

Enstrom 280C

Registration

N51735

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

Cass R. Ward

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Field Ranch → Field Ranch

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN82DTM08

Nobody was injured.

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

THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED WHILE BEING MOVED ABOUT 150 FT FROM THE PARKING AREA TO A STORAGE BUILDING. THERE WAS ABOUT 2 1/2 FT OF FRESH SNOW ON THE GROUND. THE SNOW HAD BEEN CLEARED FROM THE PARKING AREA IN FRONT OF THE STORAGE BUILDING. HOWEVER, A SNOW CAT HAD MOVED INTO THE PARKING AREA AND HAD STOPPED AS THE PILOT WAS APPROACHING TO LAND. THE PILOT REPORTED THIS MADE THE PARKING AREA UNUSABLE. BEFORE TOUCHDOWN, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A WHITE-OUT CONDITION DUE TO THE HEAVY CIRCULATION OF SNOW AND BECAME DISORIENTED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.