# Accident 19860427014059A: Enstrm F28C, Ridgewood Park, NJ, April 27, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 1986, 11:27 local time
- Place: Ridgewood Park, NJ
- Airport: Ambrose
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N60PB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60PB-2002-05-13) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 101 total, 56 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC86LA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA113) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860427014059A

## Narrative

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

THE HELICOPTER SETTLED INTO THE WATER SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. THE PILOT REPORTED UNCONTROLLABLE RPM LOSS.

## 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 NYC86LA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA113), Apr 27, 1986: Enstrom F-28C (N60PB), Ridgefield Park, NJ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N60PB (1)

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

- [Incident 19850326036689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850326036689I), Mar 26, 1985: Enstrm F28C (N60PB), Brooklyn, NY. High frequency vibration in flight. Safe landing. Found calibrated hole in waste tube.

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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