# Accident 19810721043409A: Enstrm F28C, Rice, WA, July 21, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1981, 06:30 local time
- Place: Rice, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 48.4288° N, 118.1703° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rice, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4288&lon=-118.1703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5689M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5689M-2013-02-01) (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
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360E1AD
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,180 total, 705 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA81FYP28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FYP28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810721043409A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER CRASHED DURING EMERGENCY LANDING ATTEMPT AFTER ENGINE FAILURE.

## 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 SEA81FYP28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FYP28), Jul 21, 1981: Enstrom F-28C (N5689M), Rice, WA, 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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