# Accident 19810625036249A: Enstrm 280C, Mesa, AZ, June 25, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 1981, 07:20 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N535H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N535H-2005-09-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom Helicopter 280C (registry code 3300505, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-helicopter-280c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HI0-360 series (registry code 41553, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hi0-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTRM 280C
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360E1AD
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 53 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FUJ74](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUJ74) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810625036249A

## Narrative

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

REPORTED LOUD NOISE AT TERMINATION OF PRACTICE OF AUTOROTATIONL HIGH GROUND IMPACT FORCES. NO MECHANICAL DEFECTS.

## 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 LAX81FUJ74](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUJ74), Jun 25, 1981: Enstrom 280C (N535H), Mesa, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N535H (1)

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

- [Accident 19990522005529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990522005529A), May 22, 1999: Enstrm 280C (N535H), Baggs, WY, Substantial damage. 1976 Enstrom 280C helicopter was involved in predator control when it landed hard and severed the tail boom. (-23) while conducting preditor control 25 miles…

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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