Enstrom F-28C N580H

Summary

On 5 June 1988 at about 16:00 local time, a Enstrom F-28C registered N580H was involved in an accident near Westerly, Rhode Island, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 June 1988 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Westerly, Rhode Island, United States

Nearest airport

Westerly State (WST)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Enstrom F-28C

Registration

N580H

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC88LA160

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 INSTRUCTOR PILOT STATED THAT AFTER EXECUTING SEVERAL STRAIGHT-IN AND 180 DEGREE AUTOROTATIONS THEY DECIDED TO ATTEMPT SOME HOVERING AUTOROTATIONS. AFTER EXECUTING THE FIRST ONE SUCCESSFULLY IN A TAILWIND SITUATION, THE STUDENT INITIATED THE SECOND ONE, STILL DOWNWIND, FROM A STABILIZED 3 TO 5 FOOT HOVER. THE CFI STATED THAT THE NOSE OF THE HELICOPTER BEGAN TO PITCH DOWN VERY ABRUPTLY AND BOTH HE AND THE STUDENT APPLIED AFT CYCLIC. DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS MAINTAINED; HOWEVER, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND WITH THE MAIN ROTORS AND THE FORWARD PORTION OF THE SKIDS. THE HELICOPTER THEN ROCKED BACK TO A LEVEL ATTITUDE AND WAS SHUT DOWN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.