# Accident 19770630022109A: Enstrm 280C, Las Vegas, NV, June 30, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 1977
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Power On Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N579H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N579H-2013-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom Helicopter 280C (registry code 3300505, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-helicopter-280c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HI0-360 series (registry code 41553, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hi0-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTRM 280C
- Reported engine: LYC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 69 total, 69 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK77FVW30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77FVW30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770630022109A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 OAK77FVW30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77FVW30), Jun 30, 1977: Enstrom 280C (N579H), Las Vegas, NV, substantial damage

## Other reports on N579H (1)

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

- [Incident 19920612034619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920612034619I), Jun 12, 1992: Enstrm 280C (N579H), Cresent, WA, Minor damage. Engine started losing power while drying a cherry orchard with rotor downwind. Set down between trees.

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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