# Accident 19790818024559A: Enstrm F28C, Erie, PA, August 18, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1979, 16:25 local time
- Place: Erie, PA
- Airport: International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1166° N, 80.0735° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Erie, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1166&lon=-80.0735&mi=10
- Aircraft: N573H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N573H-1982-11-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom F-28C (registry code 3300407, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-f-28c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTRM F28C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 137 total, 137 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FGM44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FGM44) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790818024559A

## Narrative

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

JACK STRUT BEARINGS SEIZED. HELICOPTER MADE AUTOROTATION EMERGENCY LANDING IN TREES.

## 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 NYC79FGM44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FGM44), Aug 18, 1979: Enstrom F28C (N573H), Erie, PA, destroyed

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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