# Accident 19760227004129A: Enstrm F28A, Guntersville, AL, February 27, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 1976
- Place: Guntersville, AL
- Airport: Guntersville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 34.3679° N, 86.2523° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Guntersville, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3679&lon=-86.2523&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9263, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9263-1997-09-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom F-28A (registry code 3300406, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-f-28a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTRM F28A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,012 total, 100 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76AM068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76AM068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760227004129A

## Narrative

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

PLT ILL WITH INTESTINAL VIRUS.BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL 0.299 PCT.2 PAX,BOTH CYCLIC AND COLLECTIVE INSTLD.

## 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 MIA76AM068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76AM068), Feb 27, 1976: Enstrom F-28A (N9263), Guntersville, AL, substantial damage, 2 fatal

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.