# Accident 19790328008949A: Enstrm F28C, Waikiki, HI, March 28, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1979, 13:30 local time
- Place: Waikiki, HI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 21.2797° N, 157.8268° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waikīkī, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.2797&lon=-157.8268&mi=10
- Aircraft: N623H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N623H-2012-10-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom F-28C (registry code 3300407, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-f-28c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series (registry code 41524, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTRM F28C
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360E1AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 554 total, 28 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79FJA08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FJA08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790328008949A

## Narrative

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

PILOT SAID HE LOST ROTOR RPM AND DITCHED. RAN OUT OF TRANSITIONAL LIFT AND HIT WATER.

## 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 OAK79FJA08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FJA08), Mar 28, 1979: Enstrom F-28C (N623H), Honolulu, HI, destroyed

## Other reports on N623H (2)

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

- [Incident 19780817037899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780817037899I), Aug 17, 1978: Enstrm F28C (N623H), Honolulu, HI, Minor damage. Forced landing after severe vibration. Found rag in idler pulley.
- [Incident 19780801047689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780801047689I), Aug 1, 1978: Enstrm F28C (N623H), Honolulu, HI, Minor damage. While departing heliport on refueling run pilot allowed tail rotor to strike rocks.

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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