# Incident 19920914045499I: Enstrm F28A, Garapan, PS, September 14, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 1992, 15:15 local time
- Place: Garapan, PS
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FCYA
- Aircraft: N9087, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9087-1998-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom F-28A (registry code 3300406, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-f-28a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTRM F28A
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360C1A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 400 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920914045499I

## Narrative

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

LOST ENGINE POWER ON SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT. AUTOROTATION TO WATER. HAD NR3 CYLINDER VALVE FAILURE.

## Other reports on N9087 (2)

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

- [Accident 19970112000329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970112000329A), Jan 12, 1997: Enstrm F28A (N9087), Obyan, Northern Mariana Islands, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Engine power lose. Cyclic control rod seperated. Main rotor blade severed tail drive shaft. Aircraft impacted water.
- [Accident 19880716027019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880716027019A), Jul 16, 1988: Enstrm F28A (N9087), Port Isabel, TX, Substantial damage. Report rotor RPM decay on climbout. Autorotated to a hard landing on a beach. Tailboom was cut off by main rotors.

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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