# Accident 19811022069259A: Enstrm F28C, Shaver Lake, CA, October 22, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 1981, 17:00 local time
- Place: Shaver Lake, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Running(Helicopter/Vtol Ac)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1041° N, 119.3176° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shaver Lake, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1041&lon=-119.3176&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56876, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56876-2013-03-07) (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: 9,080 total, 80 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82DVA06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DVA06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811022069259A

## Narrative

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

SUN BLINDED ON TAKEOFF. OVERBOOSTED ENGINE. RPM DECAY. HELICOPTER STRUCK ROCKS ON EDGE OF LAKE.

## 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 LAX82DVA06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DVA06), Oct 22, 1981: Enstrom F-28C (N56876), Shaver Lake, CA, 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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