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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Enstrm 280F · Malvern, PA · April 13, 1998

Date: April 13, 1998 · 16:00 local
Place: Malvern, PA
Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8625Z
Reported as: Enstrm 280F
Reported engine: Lycoming HIO360*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 750 total

N8625ZRegistered now · Enstrom Helicopter 280FS/N 1519 Airframe modelEnstrom Helicopter 280F Engine modelLycoming HIO-360 seriesReciprocating

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.

Engine quit enroute. Autorotated into ball park. Had magneto failure.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ENROUTE. AUTOROTATED INTO BALL PARK. HAD MAGNETO FAILURE.