# Accident 19890816037569A: Enstrm 280C, Milbridge, ME, August 16, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1989, 14:30 local time
- Place: Milbridge, ME
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5292° N, 67.8949° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Milbridge, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5292&lon=-67.8949&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89JD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ENSTRM 280C
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360E1AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total, 350 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC89LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA195) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890816037569A

## Narrative

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

PARTIAL POWER LOSS ON TAKEOFF. AUTOROTATED INTO A RIVER. INTAKE VALVE SPRING BROKE,PIECES SCUFFED CYLINDER WALLS.

## 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 NYC89LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA195), Aug 16, 1989: Enstrom 280C (N89JD), Milbridge, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE NUMBER 3 INTAKE VALVE OUTER SPRING. THE WATER (RIVER) IN THE EMERGENCY LANDING AREA WAS A RELATED 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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