# Accident 20010807021529A: Enstrm 280FX, Ouray, CO, August 7, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2001, 18:30 local time
- Place: Ouray, CO
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0302° N, 107.6409° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0302&lon=-107.6409&mi=10
- Aircraft: N724BF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ENSTRM 280FX
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN01LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA141) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010807021529A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE HELICOPTER CRASHED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT A MOUNTAIN LZ, APPROXIMATELY 12,000 FT ALT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS COMING IN TO LAND AND AT 500 FT ABOVE THE LZ HE BROUGHT THE ENGINE UP TO RED LINE AND THEN BACKED OFF AND CONTINUED THE LANDING. AT THE POINT WHERE HE PULLED IN PITCH HE FOUND THAT HE HAD NO POWER. THE HELICOPTER CONTACTED THE GROUND SHORT OF THE LZ, ON A 10 DEGREE SLOPE. AT THIS POINT THE ROTOR RPM WAS GONE, THE HELICOPTER THEN ROLLED OVER INTO A CREAK, UPSIDE DOWN. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED 7 MILES WEST OF OURAY CO, AT 1830 MDT.

## 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 DEN01LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA141), Aug 8, 2001: Enstrom 280FX (N724BF), Ouray, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the partial loss of engine power due to the slippage of the wastegate linkage as a result of the plunger on the linkage being undertorqued by an unknown person. A contributing factor was the lack of…

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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