# Accident 19970129000959A: Enstrm F28C, Angleton, TX, January 29, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 1997, 21:00 local time
- Place: Angleton, TX
- Airport: Brazoria County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: GWHV
- Location: 29.0409° N, 95.4409° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0409&lon=-95.4409&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51774, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N51774) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom F-28C (registry code 3300407, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-f-28c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTRM F28C
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360E1AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 383 total, 165 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW97LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970129000959A

## Narrative

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

DURING PRACTICE APPROACH LOST PARTIAL ENGINE POWER. LANDED. BURST INTO FLAMES. NR2 CYL BURNED THRU. EXHAUST ON OIL. (-23) A/C EXPERIENCED SLIGHT LOSS OF POWER WHILE OPERATING IN VICINITY OF LBX AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT MADE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON TAXIWAY, FIRE INSUED AFTER LANDING DURING POWER REDUCTION AND A/C WAS DESTROYED. SUSPECT FUEL OR OIL LEAK MIGHT HAVE STARTED FIRE.                                            (.19) ON JANUARY 29, 1997 AT 2100 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, AN ENSTROM F-28C HELICOPTER, N51774, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY SALAIKA AVIATION, WAS DESTROYED FOLLOWING A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING NEAR ANGLETON, TEXAS. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND HIS STUDENT PILOT WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL FLIGHT RULES PREVAILED FOR THE TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOTFILED FOR THE FLIGHT WHICH ORIGINATED NEAR DANBURY, TEXAS. ACCORDING TO INITIAL REPORTS FROM THE FAA, THE INSTRUCTOR AND HIS STUDENT WERE PRACTICING APPROACHES AT BRAZORIA COUNTY AIRPORT WHEN THE HELICOPTER EXPERIENCED A PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS INITIATED TO A TAXIWAY, AND AFTER LANDING, AS THE THROTTLE WAS PULLED BACK THE HELICOPTER BURST                                   INTO FLAMES. THE HELICOPTER WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE.

## 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 FTW97LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA094), Jan 30, 1997: Enstrom F-28C (N51774), Lake Jackson, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The failure of the #2 cylinder for an undetermined reason which resulted in an exhaust leak that melted an oil line.

## Other reports on N51774 (2)

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

- [Accident 19890408006869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890408006869A), Apr 8, 1989: Enstrm F28C (N51774), Padre Island, TX, Substantial damage. Aircraft lifted off, caught by gusting winds. (-4)the commercial pilot reported local winds to be 15 knots with gusts to 50 knots. He was repositioning the…
- [Accident 19790713028689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790713028689A), Jul 13, 1979: Enstrm F28C (N51774), Victoria, TX, Substantial damage. Pilot said engine began running rough. He made a precautionary landing, landed hard.

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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