# Incident 19881129069009I: Enstrm F28A, Creve Coeur, MO, November 29, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 1988, 17:30 local time
- Place: Creve Coeur, MO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6620° N, 90.4430° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Creve Coeur, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6620&lon=-90.4430&mi=10
- Aircraft: N259Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N259Q-1989-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom F-28A (registry code 3300406, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-f-28a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTRM F28A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 8 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881129069009I

## Narrative

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

DOWNWIND APPROACH TO FIELD. SETTLED WITH POWER AND LOST ROTOR RPM. LANDED HARD IN MUDDY AREA.

## Other reports on N259Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19790801026609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790801026609A), Aug 1, 1979: Enstrm F28A (N259Q), West Hartford, VT, Substantial damage. Made practice autorotation approach. Split needles. Landed on side hill. Rolled over.

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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