# Incident 19930825039139I: Enstrm 280C, Middletown, DE, August 25, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1993, 16:00 local time
- Place: Middletown, DE
- Airport: Summit Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: HZXA
- Location: 39.4417° N, 75.7174° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, DE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4417&lon=-75.7174&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22HS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ENSTRM 280C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930825039139I

## Narrative

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

DURING RECOVERY PHASE OF A 180 DEGREE AUTOROTATION THE TAIL ROTOR STRUCK THE GROUND.

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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