# Accident 19870703034039A: Enstrm F28A, Mason, NH, July 3, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 1987, 17:55 local time
- Place: Mason, NH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7437° N, 71.7690° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mason, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7437&lon=-71.7690&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9271, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9271-1990-09-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom F-28A (registry code 3300406, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-f-28a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTRM F28A
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360C1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 685 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC87DNC06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87DNC06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870703034039A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT OPERATED INTO AREA OF TREES OBSCURED BY FOG WHILE TRYING TO MAKE A LANDING. STRUCK TREES AND CRASHED.

## 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 NYC87DNC06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87DNC06), Jul 3, 1987: Enstrom F-28A (N9271), Mason, NH, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL AFTER THE TAIL ROTOR STRUCK THE TREES AND DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT'S POOR JUDGEMENT IN FLYING IN WEATHER CONDITIONS BEYOND HIS CAPABILITIES WAS A FACTOR.

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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