# Accident 19760720025729A: Enstrm F28A, Collegeville, PA, July 20, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1976
- Place: Collegeville, PA
- Airport: Perkiomen
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Location: 40.1869° N, 75.4575° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Collegeville, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1869&lon=-75.4575&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9589, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9589-1980-06-20) (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: 650 total, 35 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC76FHA46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76FHA46) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760720025729A

## Narrative

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

ROTOR HUB FAILED ON TEST FLT ALONG RWY.

## 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 NYC76FHA46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76FHA46), Jul 20, 1976: Enstrom F-28A (N9589), Collegeville, PA, destroyed

## Other reports on N9589 (1)

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

- [Accident 19730429010889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730429010889A), Apr 29, 1973: Enstrm F28ENSTR* (N9589), Centr Square, PA, Substantial damage

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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