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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI85FA210

1985-05-26 JOLIET, Illinois, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N404Z

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

ZENITH CH750

Year of manufacture

2025

Engine

LYCOMING O-235-C1 (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20250902

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4BDBC

Registrant of record

MUEHLBERG STEPHEN E

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE HELICOPTER EXPERIENCED EXTREME VERTICAL VIBRATIONS WHILE LANDING FROM A HOVER. INADVERTENT GROUND CONTACT DURING UNCONTROLLED OSCILLATIONS RESULTED IN DESTRUCTION OF THE HELICOPTER. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_CHI85FA210.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type. Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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