# Incident 19850209009469I: Enstrm 280C, Santa Fe, NM, February 9, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 1985, 11:10 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Tkof-Abort-Copter Vertical
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6870° N, 105.9378° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Fe, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6870&lon=-105.9378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56926, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56926) (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 HIO360E1BD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 2 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850209009469I

## Narrative

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

ATTEMPTED VERTICAL TAKEOFF HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE. SETTLED ONTO GROUND DAMAGING SKIDS, CHIN BUBBLE AND WINDSHIELD.

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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