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Incident

FAA incident report · Enstrm F-28A · Sacramento, CA · May 20, 1994

Date
May 20, 1994 · 16:30 local
Place
Sacramento, CA
Airport
Natomas Field Airport
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N288Q
Reported as
Enstrm F28A
Reported engine
Lycoming HIO360C1A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total100 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Lost power en route. Auto rotated to ground. NR3 intake valve stuck open and bent causing valve train failure.

As the FAA filed it

LOST POWER EN ROUTE. AUTO ROTATED TO GROUND. NR3 INTAKE VALVE STUCK OPEN AND BENT CAUSING VALVE TRAIN FAILURE.

Other reports on N288Q · 1

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