Enstrom 280C N51686

Summary

On 28 October 1984 at about 15:10 local time, a Enstrom 280C registered N51686, operated by Action Air Helicopters, Inc., was involved in an accident near Butler, Pennsylvania, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 October 1984 at 15:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Butler, Pennsylvania, United States

Coordinates

40.8594, -79.8906

Aircraft

Enstrom 280C

Registration

N51686

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

Action Air Helicopters, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Butler → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC85FA015

2 people died.

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 HELICOPTER STRUCK THE STATIC LINE OF A HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION LINE WHILE ON A FLT TO PHOTOGRAPH AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. THE OWNER OF THE COMPLEX ACCOMPANIED THE PLT ON THE FLT, THERE AFTER THE ACFT WAS TO BE USED FOR PASSENGER SIGHTSEEING FLTS AS PART OF SALES PROMOTION FOR A RESTAURANT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE REAR OF THE HELICOPTER STRUCK THE LINE, THE ACFT PITCHED DOWN & HIT THE HILLSIDE & CONTINUED ITS CRASH TRAJECTORY ONTO HWY 68. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT DID NOT REVEAL ANY PREIMPACT MALFUNCTIONS OR FAILURES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.