FAA incident report · Enstrm 280C · Blue Ash, OH · October 15, 1993
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot at hover prior to takeoff. Lost tail rotor control. Aft tail rotor drive shafts seven plate coupling failed.
PILOT AT HOVER PRIOR TO TAKEOFF. LOST TAIL ROTOR CONTROL. AFT TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFTS SEVEN PLATE COUPLING FAILED.