# Accident 19960325007489A: Enstrm F28C, Defuniak Spring, FL, March 25, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 1996, 21:24 local time
- Place: Defuniak Spring, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.8495° N, 86.1997° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8495&lon=-86.1997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56874, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56874) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom F-28C (registry code 3300407, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-f-28c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series (registry code 41524, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTRM F28C
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360E1AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 888 total, 761 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA96LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96LA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960325007489A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO KNOWN FOG AT NIGHT. FAILED TO NOTE DESCENT IN 180 TURN. STRUCK TREES. IFR WEATHER EXISTED AT DEPARTURE.

## 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 MIA96LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96LA106), Mar 26, 1996: Enstrom F-28C (N56874), Defuniak Spring, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions, and inadvertent descent, due to spatial disorientation, which resulted in a collision with trees. Factors relating to the…

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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