# Accident 20041117028899A: Enstrm F28C, Panama City, FL, November 17, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 2004, 15:30 local time
- Place: Panama City, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2128° N, 85.8725° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2128&lon=-85.8725&mi=10
- Aircraft: N595H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N595H-2017-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom F-28C (registry code 3300407, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-f-28c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTRM F28C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,759 total, 187 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA05CA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05CA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041117028899A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED HE RAN OUT OF GAS, ALSO DURING THE AUTOROTATION AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD, TAILBOOM BROKE OFF, SKIDS BROKE, MAIN ROTOR BLADES WERE DESTROYED.

## 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 MIA05CA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05CA030), Nov 17, 2004: Enstrom F-28C (N595H), Panama City Bch, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper refueling of the helicopter resulting in loss of engine power do to fuel exhaustion and damage to the helicopter during the subsequent hard forced landing.

## Other reports on N595H (4)

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

- [Accident 19990622007519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990622007519A), Jun 22, 1999: Enstrm F28C (N595H), Kaunakakai Molo, HI, Substantial damage. (.4)The pilot reported the helicopter was running well with no mechanical difficulties. During an after dusk departure from a ranch, he encountered a dust…
- [Accident 19920820032889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920820032889A), Aug 20, 1992: Enstrm F28C (N595H), Irwindale, CA, Substantial damage. During practice autorotation landings misjudged flare. Landed hard buckling tailboom.
- [Accident 19830331010559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830331010559A), Mar 31, 1983: Enstrm F28C (N595H), Chino, CA, Substantial damage. Student helicopter pilot flared too late on practice autorotation landing. Tail rotor struck the ground.
- [Accident 19770804022949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770804022949A), Aug 4, 1977: Enstrm F28ENSTR/ (N595H), Honolulu, HI, Substantial damage. Main rotor blades struck tail boom

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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