# Incident 19881120068979I: Enstrm F28A, Hilton Island, SC, November 20, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 1988, 11:30 local time
- Place: Hilton Island, SC
- Airport: Hilton Head Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Tkof-Abort-Copter Vertical
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2245° N, 80.6974° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HILTON HEAD (HXD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2245&lon=-80.6974&mi=10
- Aircraft: N502H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N502H-2012-12-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom F-28A (registry code 3300406, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-f-28a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTRM F28A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 300 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881120068979I

## Narrative

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

GUST CAUSED WEATHER VANING AND LOSS OF TAIL ROTOR EFFECTIVENESS ON LIFTOFF. LANDED HARD. ONE SKID COLLAPSED.

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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