# Accident 19900318004679A: Enstrm 280C, Canyon Lake, CA, March 18, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1990, 11:00 local time
- Place: Canyon Lake, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6883° N, 117.2635° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Canyon Lake, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-117.2635&mi=10
- Aircraft: N554H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N554H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom Helicopter 280C (registry code 3300505, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-helicopter-280c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HI0-360 series (registry code 41553, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hi0-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTRM 280C
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360B1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,296 total, 75 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX90LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90LA121) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900318004679A

## Narrative

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

ALLOWED ROTOR RPM DECAY ON FLARE FOR PRACTICE AUTOROTATION LANDING. COLLAPSED SKID ON IMPACT. ROTOR HIT TAILBOOM

## 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 LAX90LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90LA121), Mar 18, 1990: Enstrom F-28C (N554H), Canyon Lake, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN PROPER ROTOR RPM DURING A PRACTICE AUTOROTATION. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE UNEVEN TERRAIN SELECTED BY THE PILOT TO CONDUCT PRACTICE TOUCH MANEUVERS.

## Other reports on N554H (1)

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

- [Accident 19790908035979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790908035979A), Sep 8, 1979: Enstrm 280C (N554H), Carson City, NV, Substantial damage. Student pilot claimed engine quit. Made hard downwind landing. No engine defects. Possible demo autorotate landings

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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