# Accident 19810125001569A: Enstrm F28C, Anchorage, AK, January 25, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 1981, 18:00 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ALYA
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51674, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51674-1994-07-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom F-28C (registry code 3300407, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-f-28c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTRM F28C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,613 total, 440 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81FA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810125001569A

## Narrative

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

SMOKE ODOR. ELECTED TO LAND. CRAMPED COCKPIT CAUSED CONTROL INTERFERENCE. ROTORS HIT HILL. SOLVENT, OIL IN AIR DUCT

## 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 ANC81FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81FA019), Jan 25, 1981: Enstrom F28C (N51674), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage

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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