ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 361414
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| Date: | Friday 27 August 1993 |
| Time: | 16:20 LT |
| Type: |  Enstrom F28A |
| Owner/operator: | Mark Lavoie |
| Registration: | N269Q |
| MSN: | 294 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2691 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING HIO-360-C1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Meriden, CT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | (KMMK) |
| (KMMK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DURING A MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT THE PILOT ELECTED TO PERFORM A PRACTICE AUTOROTATION. DURING THE MANEUVER THE ENGINE LOST COMPLETE POWER. THE HELICOPTER IMPACTED THE GROUND HARD, BECAME AIRBORNE, THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES STRUCK THE TAIL BOOM AND SEPARATED THE BOOM FROM THE FUSELAGE. A TEST RUN PERFORMED ON THE ENGINE REVEALED NO DISCREPANCIES.
Probable Cause: THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC93LA175
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 16-Mar-2024 18:11 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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