# Accident 19740805022079A: Enstrm F28A, Garden City, NY, August 5, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1974
- Place: Garden City, NY
- Airport: Island Heliport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Vertical (Helicopter Only)
- Location: 40.7254° N, 73.6459° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Garden City, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7254&lon=-73.6459&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9259, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9259-2017-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom F-28A (registry code 3300406, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-f-28a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series (registry code 41524, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTRM F28A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,141 total, 33 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC75FHJ06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75FHJ06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740805022079A

## Narrative

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

MAX PERFORMANCE TAKEOFF,LOST ROTOR RPM,SETTLED INTO GROUND,STRUCK FENCE,FLT FOR RR TRACK PATROL.

## 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 NYC75FHJ06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75FHJ06), Aug 5, 1974: Enstrom F-28A (N9259), Garden City, NY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9259 (1)

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

- [Accident 19760608022709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760608022709A), Jun 8, 1976: Enstrm F28A (N9259), Island Beach, NJ, Substantial damage. During termination of flt to a hover over water plt allowed rotor & eng RPM to decay.

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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