# Incident 19881008070389I: Enstrm F28F, Tampa, FL, October 8, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 1988, 09:30 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Tampa International
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PAIA
- Location: 27.9755° N, 82.5332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAMPA INTL (TPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9755&lon=-82.5332&mi=10
- Aircraft: N288, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N288-1992-02-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom F-28F (registry code 3300412, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-f-28f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTRM F28F
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,720 total, 515 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881008070389I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE IN COCKPIT. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED. DEPLANED ON RUNWAY. APU GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT BURNED OUT.

## Other reports on N288 (1)

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

- [Accident 19890711021899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890711021899A), Jul 11, 1989: Enstrm F28F (N288), Oakland, CA, Substantial damage. Allowed rotor RPM to decay on practice autorotation with power recovery. Unable recover hit hard. Collapsed skids.

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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