# Incident 20010316004849I: Enstrm F28C, Council Bluffs, IA, March 16, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2001, 14:00 local time
- Place: Council Bluffs, IA
- Airport: Council Bluffs Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2601° N, 95.7586° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COUNCIL BLUFFS MUNI (CBF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2601&lon=-95.7586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51789, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N51789) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 20 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010316004849I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER DEPARTURE FROM TAXIWAY 31 THE A/C TURNED AND CLIMBED HIGH ENOUGH TO CLEAR TREES. AFTER CLEARING THE TREES THE A/C DESCENDED WHILE FLYING ACROSS AN OPEN FIELD. THE A/C STRUCK POWER WIRES WHICH SUPPLIED POWER TO A SINGLE TRAILER HOUSE ADJACENT TO THE AIRPORT. THE WIRE THAT WAS STRUCK WAS 29 FEET FROM THE GROUND. THE WIRE BROKE, AND WRAPPED AROUND THE MAIN ROTOR MAST. APPROX. 500 FEET OF POWER WIRE WAS MISSING FROM THE POWER POLES. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO MAIN ROTOR BLADE NUMBER 2, THE TAIL BOOM, NAV. ANTENNAS, THE ENGINE COWLING, AND THE COCKPIT SECTION OF THE FUSELAGE. THE HELICOPTER WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE A/C. THERE WERE NOT MECHANICAL IRREGULARITIES REPORTED WITH THE HELICOPTER. EIR FILE NUMBER 2001CE010025.

## Other reports on N51789 (2)

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

- [Accident 20210908015469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210908015469A), Sep 8, 2021: Enstrom F-28C (N51789), Toughkenamon, PA, Substantial damage. Pilot was hovering helicopter in a left to right crosswind. The pilot stated that he did not obtain a weather brief that day. He experienced tail rotor vortex…
- [Accident 19800713027619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800713027619A), Jul 13, 1980: Enstrm F28C (N51789), Xenia, OH, Substantial damage. Reported noise, uncontrolled yaw before leanding. Hit hard. Rotor chopped tail. No control or other defects found.

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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