# Accident 20030412009359A: Enstrm F28A, Lino Lakes, MN, April 12, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 2003, 21:23 local time
- Place: Lino Lakes, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1628° N, 93.1033° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1628&lon=-93.1033&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26HW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26HW-2012-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom F-28A (registry code 3300406, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-f-28a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTRM F28A
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360C1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 92 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030412009359A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 04/12/2003, AT 2123 CDT, AN ENSTROM F28-A OWNED BY JEFF HOMICH AND OPERATED BY LAWRENCE E. KAPPLINGER CRASHED IN A FIELD WHILE PRACTICING HOVERING AND LANDINGS. VFR NIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED. THE PIC HOLDS A COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE (ASEL, ASES AND AMEL) WITH INSTRUMENT AND LIGHTER THAN AIR FREE BALLOON RATINGS. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MINNEAPOLIS ANOKA COUNTY AIRPORT (ANE).

## 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 CHI03LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA104), Apr 13, 2003: Enstrom F-28A (N26HW), Lino Lakes, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot not maintaining aircraft control while manuevering.

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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