# Accident 19861022087409A: Enstrm F28F, Manhattan, NY, October 22, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 1986, 16:45 local time
- Place: Manhattan, NY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: DAEA
- Location: 40.7594° N, 73.9902° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7594&lon=-73.9902&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8617B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8617B-2013-04-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom F-28F (registry code 3300412, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-f-28f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series (registry code 41524, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTRM F28F
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360F1AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,647 total, 55 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC87MA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87MA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861022087409A

## Narrative

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

LOST MAIN ROTOR DRIVE FLYING AT LOW ALTITUDE. CRASHED INTO A FENCE AND RIVER. INCORRECT SPRAGUE CLUTCH INSTALLED.

## 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 NYC87MA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87MA024), Oct 22, 1986: Enstrom F-28F (N8617B), Manhattan, NY, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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