# Accident 19730825028389A: Enstrm F28A, Teterboro, NJ, August 25, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1973
- Place: Teterboro, NJ
- Airport: Teterboro
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Location: 40.8501° N, 74.0608° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TETERBORO (TEB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8501&lon=-74.0608&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15SB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15SB-1977-07-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom F-28A (registry code 3300406, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-f-28a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTRM F28A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 9 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74FHM03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FHM03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730825028389A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PIC LOST CONTROL OF HELICOPTER WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MANEUVER ON HELIPORT BETWEEN PARKED AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC74FHM03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FHM03), Aug 25, 1973: Enstrom F-28A (N15SB), Teterboro, NJ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N15SB (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19760805027809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760805027809A), Aug 5, 1976: Enstrm F28A (N15SB), Barnegat Light, NJ, Destroyed. Acft sunk 30 ft water,not recovered.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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