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Incident

FAA incident report · Enstrm F28C · Lincoln, CA · November 13, 1994

Date: November 13, 1994 · 15:20 local
Place: Lincoln, CA
Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N5693R
Reported as: Enstrm F28C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 250 total145 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N5693RRegistered now · Enstrom Helicopter 280CS/N 1194 Airframe modelEnstrom Helicopter 280C

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.

Tail rotor failure. Autorotated safely. Broken tail rotor pitch link.

As the FAA filed it

TAIL ROTOR FAILURE. AUTOROTATED SAFELY. BROKEN TAIL ROTOR PITCH LINK.

Other reports on N5693R · 1

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

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