# Accident 19920607057079A: Enstrm 280FX, Summerville, SC, June 7, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1992, 05:30 local time
- Place: Summerville, SC
- Airport: Dorchester County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0056° N, 80.1774° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Summerville, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0056&lon=-80.1774&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86262, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86262-1998-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom 280FX (registry code 3300506, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-280fx) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTRM 280FX
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360F1AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,515 total, 98 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL92GA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92GA121) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920607057079A

## Narrative

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

PUBLIC USE. BECAME OVERDUE. HIT TREE IN SWAMP IN DENSE FOG. NIGHT FLIR INSTALLED. VFR PILOT. 28FX NOT IFR EQUIPPED.

## 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 ATL92GA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92GA121), Jun 7, 1992: Enstrom 280FX (N86262), Summerville, SC, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INADVERTENT FLIGHT INTO IMC, WHICH RESULTED IN AN IN FLIGHT COLLISION WITH TREES. FACTORS WERE THE OBSCURED SKY AND FOGGY WEATHER CONDITIONS, AND THE NIGHT LIGHTING CONDITIONS AT THE TIME…

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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