# Incident 20000623033159I: Enstrm 280FX, Macon, MS, June 23, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2000, 08:30 local time
- Place: Macon, MS
- Airport: Macon Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Prw On Run Landing (Rotorcraft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1337° N, 88.5360° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MACON MUNI (20M), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1337&lon=-88.5360&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88ZH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N88ZH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom 280FX (registry code 3300506, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-280fx) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HI0-360 series (registry code 41553, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hi0-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTRM 280FX
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,700 total, 700 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000623033159I

## Narrative

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

(-23)DURING LANDING PHASE THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DUE TO FAILURE OF SNUBBER BEARING BRACKET WHICH CAUSED THE DRIVE BELT TO TRAVEL OFF OF ALL PULLEYS STRIKING THE TAIL ROTOR SHAFT. PRIOR TO THE LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD, WHICH UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE SNUBBER BRACKET HAD FAILED. DURING LANDING ATTEMPT THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE LEFT SKID AND MAIN ROTOR BLADES STRUCK THE TAIL ROTOR ASSEMBLY.  AIRCRAFT REMAINED UP RIGHT AND BOTH OCCUPANTS ESCAPED UNINJURIED.

## Other reports on N88ZH (1)

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

- [Incident 20050707014869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050707014869I), Jul 7, 2005: Enstrm 280FX (N88ZH), Eureka, FL, Minor damage. (-23) The helicopter was on an alligator nesting survey flight, with a representative from the Florida fish and wildlife commission, when it began to lose…

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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