# Accident 19900907038419A: Enstrm F28C, Santa Paula, CA, September 7, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1990, 06:30 local time
- Place: Santa Paula, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Pinnacle Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3549° N, 119.0663° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Paula, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3549&lon=-119.0663&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51663, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51663-2013-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom F-28C (registry code 3300407, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-f-28c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTRM F28C
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360E1AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 119 total, 119 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900907038419A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL DURING PINNICLE LANDING WHEN A SKID SLID SIDEWAYS IN SANDY SOIL. HELICOPTER FELL 200 FEET DOWN A CLIFF

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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