# Accident 19880719028449A: Enstrm 280C, Glendive, MT, July 19, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 1988, 17:20 local time
- Place: Glendive, MT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.1065° N, 104.7109° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Glendive, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1065&lon=-104.7109&mi=10
- Aircraft: N111CD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N111CD-1990-08-31) (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 HIO360E1AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,201 total, 90 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN88LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA163) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880719028449A

## Narrative

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

DROP IN RPM WHILE IN HOVERING TURN. UNABLE TO CORRECT. LANDED IN GULLY AND ENTERED DYNAMIC ROLLOVER. NO MALFUNCTION

## 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 DEN88LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA163), Jul 19, 1988: Enstrom 280C (N111CD), Glendive, MT, substantial damage

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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