# Accident 19940809021069A: Enstrm F28A, Bangor, ME, August 9, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1994, 21:30 local time
- Place: Bangor, ME
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8012° N, 68.7778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bangor, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8012&lon=-68.7778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N292Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N292Q-1996-09-10) (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 HIO360C1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 331 total, 135 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO94LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94LA129) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940809021069A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL AVOIDING FAST MOVING LIGHT THAT APPEARED ON COLLISION COURSE STRUCK TREES. ORIGIN LIGHT UNKNOWN.

## 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 BFO94LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94LA129), Aug 10, 1994: Enstrom F-28A (N292Q), Bangor, ME, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of aircraft control. Factors are dark night conditions, and the pilot's execution of an evasive maneuver.

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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