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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Enstrm 280C · Amelia, LA · June 21, 1980

Date: June 21, 1980 · 11:00 local
Place: Amelia, LA
Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N51740
Reported as: Enstrm 280C
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,108 total359 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N51740Registration cancelled Jul 17, 2001 · Enstrom Helicopter 280CS/N 1144 Airframe modelEnstrom Helicopter 280C

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Tail rotor guard struck ground. Aircraft rocked forward on nose, then main rotors struck ground.

As the FAA filed it

TAIL ROTOR GUARD STRUCK GROUND. AIRCRAFT ROCKED FORWARD ON NOSE, THEN MAIN ROTORS STRUCK GROUND.