# Accident 19760517015299A: Enstrm 280, Prairie City, OR, May 17, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1976
- Place: Prairie City, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Vertical (Helicopter Only)
- Location: 44.4611° N, 118.7094° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prairie City, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4611&lon=-118.7094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N530H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N530H-1981-12-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom Helicopter 280C (registry code 3300505, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-helicopter-280c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTRM 280
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 78 total, 78 in this make and model, 66 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA76FYC49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76FYC49) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760517015299A

## Narrative

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

TKOF FM QUARRY AT 6100FT.LOST RPM WHEN OUT OF GROUND-EFFECT.

## 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 SEA76FYC49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76FYC49), May 17, 1976: Enstrom F-28A (N530H), Prairie City, OR, substantial damage

## Other reports on N530H (1)

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

- [Accident 19780728026319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780728026319A), Jul 28, 1978: Enstrm 280 (N530H), Lester,Wa, WA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Eng and rotor RPM decayed due to overrich mixture caused by manifoldvalve opening due exc m/p.

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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