# Accident 20040807023399A: Enstrm F28F, Deleon, TX, August 7, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2004, 14:00 local time
- Place: Deleon, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2153° N, 98.1778° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2153&lon=-98.1778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78616, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78616-2018-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom F-28F (registry code 3300412, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-f-28f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series (registry code 41524, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTRM F28F
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360F1AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,375 total, 268 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04LA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA212) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040807023399A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 7, 2004 AT 1505CDT, AN ENSTROM F-28F HELICOPTER, N78616, REGISTERED TO ARROWHEAD HELICOPTERS, INC. P.O. BOX 4028, KINGMAN, ARIZONA 86402, LOST ENGINE POWER DURING CRUISE ON A SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND OF THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS, ONLY ONE PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT'S CERTIFICATE WITH AN INSTRUCTOR RATING. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT DELCON, TEXAS, ON AUGUST 7, 2004 AT 1457 CDT. ENGINE TEARDOWN SCHEDULED WITH THE LYCOMING FIELD REPRESENTATIVE ON OCTOBER 27, 2004. AN AMENDMENT TO THIS FORM WILL BE MADE AT THAT TIME.

## 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 FTW04LA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA212), Aug 7, 2004: Enstrom F-28F (N78616), De Leon, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to properly secure a fuel line, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to leakage and subsequent fuel starvation.

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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