ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 356238
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 February 1997 |
| Time: | 03:02 LT |
| Type: |  Enstrom 280C |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N51662 |
| MSN: | 1101 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1572 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming HI0-360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lucasville, OH -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The commercial helicopter pilot/owner received a request from the local authorities to assist in an official law enforcement search mission, at 0030. The pilot and a passenger took off from the airport and arrived on scene about 0155, after a 20 minute flight. A Deputy climbed into the helicopter as the spotter during the search mission. With three people onboard, the helicopter climbed to about 5 feet in altitude, landed, and the passenger exited the helicopter. The helicopter took off and made a climbing turn downwind to about 150 feet in altitude. Witnesses reported that the helicopter dropped nearly straight down into a wooded area. Minutes after the accident, when EMT personnel and another Deputy arrived at the crash site, the rotor blades were stopped, but the engine was running. Examination of the wreckage revealed no mechanical anomalies with the engine or airframe.
Probable Cause: The pilot in command failure to maintain rotor rpm.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB IAD97GA049
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Mar-2024 20:26 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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