Enstrom F-28A N29GC

Summary

On 30 September 1987 at about 15:45 local time, a Enstrom F-28A registered N29GC was involved in an accident near Mansfield, Ohio, 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

30 September 1987 at 15:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Mansfield, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Mansfield Lahm Municipal (MFD)

Coordinates

40.6597, -82.6095

Aircraft

Enstrom F-28A

Registration

N29GC

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL87LA267

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 PLT REPORTED THAT THE HELICOPTER MADE AN UNCOMMANDED TURN TO THE RIGHT AND ROLLED TO THE LEFT AS SHE WAS HOVER-TAXIING AWAY FROM THE HANGAR TOWARD THE TAKEOFF AREA. THE ACFT SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTED THE TERRAIN AND CAME TO REST ON ITS LEFT SIDE. POST-CRASH EXAM OF THE ACFT REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF PRE-EXISTING MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE WIND AT THE TIME WAS BLOWING FROM 320 DEG AT 15 KTS GUSTING TO 22 KTS, AND THAT THE HELO LIFTOFF POINT WAS ON THE DOWNWIND SIDE OF THE HANGAR. THE FAA BASIC HELICOPTER HANDBOOK AC61-13B NOTES THAT TURBULENCE IS LIKELY TO BE FOUND NEAR THE GROUND OF THE DOWNWIND SIDE OF BLDGS WHENEVER THE WIND VELOCITY EXCEEDS 10 MPH (8.7 KTS).

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.