# Accident 19750816025529A: Enstrm F28A, Falmouth, MA, August 16, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1975
- Place: Falmouth, MA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 41.5512° N, 70.6087° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Falmouth, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5512&lon=-70.6087&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9578, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9578-2023-08-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom F-28A (registry code 3300406, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-f-28a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTRM F28A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 158 total, 158 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC76FNA12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76FNA12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750816025529A

## Narrative

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

THE HELICOPTER WAS RECOVERED.

## 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 NYC76FNA12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76FNA12), Aug 16, 1975: Enstrom F28 (N9578), Falmouth, MA, destroyed

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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