# Incident 20080719850699I: Enstrm F28F, Crandall, TX, July 19, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2008, 09:00 local time
- Place: Crandall, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6352° N, 96.4302° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crandall, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6352&lon=-96.4302&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8011Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8011Q-2021-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom F-28F (registry code 3300412, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-f-28f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTRM F28F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,184 total, 91 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080719850699I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 19, 2008, ABOUT 0900 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, SINGLE-ENGINE ENSTROM, F-28P, HELICOPTER, N8011Q, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGED TO THE LANDING SKIDS UPON IMPACT WITH TERRAIN FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING THE TRANSITION TO HOVER OVER A CONSTRUCTION SITE NEAR CRANDALL, TEXAS.  THE HELICOPTER WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL.  THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED NO INJURIES.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AN NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 FLIGHT.  AS THE HELICOPTER TRANSITIONED FROM FLIGHT TO HOVER THE HELICOPTER BEGAN TO WEATHER VANE TO THE SOUTH, SPINNING TO THE LEFT MAKING APPROXIMATELY THREE REVOLUTIONS BEFORE IMPACTING A PRIVATE ROAD IN THE FIELD AT THE SOUTH END OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITE.  FOLLOWING THE ON-SITE EXAMINATION, THE HELICOPTER WAS RECOVERED TO AIR SALVAGE OF DALLAS, NEAR LANCASTER, TEXAS.

## Other reports on N8011Q (1)

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

- [Accident 20150506008519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150506008519A), May 6, 2015: Enstrom F-28F (N8011Q), Denton, TX, Destroyed. While conducting a confined area takeoff in helicopter N8011Q the aircraft failed to gain sufficient rotor speed to maintain lift as the aircraft began to…

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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