# Incident 20030417004439I: Enstrm 280FX, Corona, CA, April 17, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2003, 09:15 local time
- Place: Corona, CA
- Airport: Corona Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8977° N, 117.6024° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CORONA MUNI (AJO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8977&lon=-117.6024&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86235, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86235-2018-06-01) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 65 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030417004439I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT EXPERIENCED A CHANGE IN RUDDER PEDAL CONTROL FORCES AND OPERATION AND ELECTED TO DIVERT TO NEAREST AIRPORT. AT ABOUT 15 ABOVE THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A SLOW REVOLUTION TO THE RIGHT. PILOT ELECTED TO EXECUTE AN AUTOROTATION. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO R/H SKID ASSY, TAIL ROTOR ASSEMBLY, AND TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT.

## Other reports on N86235 (1)

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

- [Accident 20150126000539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150126000539A), Jan 26, 2015: Enstrom 280FX (N86235), Erie, CO, Destroyed, 2 fatal. On January 26, 2015, at Erie Municipal Airport (eik), N86235, an Enstrom 280FX helicopter crashed during landing. Two people were on board, a flight instructor…

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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