# Incident 19850803044299I: Enstrm F28A, Narrows, VA, August 3, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1985, 18:00 local time
- Place: Narrows, VA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3315° N, 80.8074° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Narrows, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3315&lon=-80.8074&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9270, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9270-2012-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom F-28A (registry code 3300406, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-f-28a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0-360-B1E (registry code 41559, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0-360-b1e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTRM F28A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 90 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850803044299I

## Narrative

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

EMERGENCY LANDING DUE TO ROUGH ENGINE. TAIL ROTOR BLADES STRUCK GROUND. DIRT CONTAMINATED FUEL SYSTEM.

## Other reports on N9270 (1)

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

- [Incident 19940501014769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940501014769I), May 1, 1994: Enstrm F28A (N9270), Mountain Green, UT, Minor damage. Pilot hit a power line while flying at low altitude due to low ceiling. Enter autoratation. Landed on highway.

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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