# Accident 19820729033839A: Enstrm 280C, Spring Green, WI, July 29, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1982, 14:00 local time
- Place: Spring Green, WI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1776° N, 90.0688° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spring Green, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1776&lon=-90.0688&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5698M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5698M-1990-04-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom Helicopter 280C (registry code 3300505, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-helicopter-280c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTRM 280C
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,936 total, 14 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI82DA281](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA281) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820729033839A

## Narrative

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

ALLOWED ROTOR RPM DECAY WHILE HOVERING AT 50 FEET AGL. TAIL ROTOR STRUCK CORNSTALKS. DEPARTED AND HIT MAIN ROTORS.

## 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 CHI82DA281](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA281), Jul 29, 1982: Enstrom 280C (N5698M), Spring Green, WI, 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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