# Accident 19800713027619A: Enstrm F28C, Xenia, OH, July 13, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1980, 13:00 local time
- Place: Xenia, OH
- Airport: Green Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Rotorcraft)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6831° N, 83.9408° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Xenia, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6831&lon=-83.9408&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51789, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N51789) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,719 total, 96 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEG19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEG19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800713027619A

## Narrative

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

REPORTED NOISE, UNCONTROLLED YAW BEFORE LEANDING. HIT HARD. ROTOR CHOPPED TAIL. NO CONTROL OR OTHER DEFECTS FOUND.

## 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 CHI80FEG19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEG19), Jul 13, 1980: Enstrom F-28 (N51789), Xenia, OH, substantial damage

## Other reports on N51789 (2)

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

- [Accident 20210908015469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210908015469A), Sep 8, 2021: Enstrom F-28C (N51789), Toughkenamon, PA, Substantial damage. Pilot was hovering helicopter in a left to right crosswind. The pilot stated that he did not obtain a weather brief that day. He experienced tail rotor vortex…
- [Incident 20010316004849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010316004849I), Mar 16, 2001: Enstrm F28C (N51789), Council Bluffs, IA, Minor damage. (-23) After departure from taxiway 31 the a/c turned and climbed high enough to clear trees. After clearing the trees the a/c descended while flying across an…

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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