# Incident 19960421012579I: Enstrm F28A, Lake Havasu Cit, AZ, April 21, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1996, 14:00 local time
- Place: Lake Havasu Cit, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4839° N, 114.3225° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Havasu City, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4839&lon=-114.3225&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4874, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4874) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom F-28A (registry code 3300406, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-f-28a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTRM F28A
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360C1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 105 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960421012579I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: CONDUCTING OVER WATER AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY OF BOATS, ACFT BEGAN TO SETTLE FROM 30-35 FEET ON DOWNWIND PASS. PILOT BEGAN TURN TO UPWIND DIRECTION AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO INCREASE RPM WITH GOVERNOR BEEP SWITCH. ACFT CONTINUED TO SETTLE AND PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE WATER DITCH WHEN SKIDS WERE IN CONTACT WITH WATER. WATER DITCHING PROCEDURES WERE ACCOMPLISHED CORRECTLY AND BOTH OCCUPANTS EGRESSED ACFT AFTER M/R BLADE CONTACT. ACFT SETTLED IN 30 FEET OF WATER. DAMAGE MINOR TO ACFT BLADES AND FUSELAGE PANELS. OCCUPANTS UNHURT. MOST DAMAGE TO ACFT CAUSED BY WATER. SALVAGE RETRIEVED.

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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