Enstrom F28C N582H

Summary

On 14 July 1983 at about 18:15 local time, a Enstrom F28C registered N582H was involved in an accident near Brandywine, Maryland, 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.

Date

14 July 1983 at 18:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Brandywine, Maryland, United States

Coordinates

38.6899, -76.8505

Aircraft

Enstrom F28C

Registration

N582H

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Waldorf → Clinton

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL83LA275

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

IN LEVEL CRUISE FLT THE PLT EXPERIENCED A SEVERE VIBRATION FOLLOWED BY UNCONTROLLABLE ROTATION TO THE RIGHT. THE PLT WASUNABLE TO REGAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL & CRASHED INTO TREES. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE REAR T/R DRIVE COUPLING, PN28-13609, HAD FAILED FROM EXCESSIVE WEAR DUE TO INADEQUATE LUBRICATION. SERVICE BULLETIN 0065, DATED 8/19/83, WAS ISSUED DIRECTING INSPECTION OF THE COUPLING BEFORE THE NEXT FLT. AD83-18-04, AMENDMENT 39-4721, WAS ALSO ISSUED TO PRECLUDE FURTHER FAILURES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.