# Incident 20080822846899I: Enstrm 280FX, Milford, OH, August 22, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2008, 19:30 local time
- Place: Milford, OH
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1652° N, 84.2848° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Milford, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1652&lon=-84.2848&mi=10
- Aircraft: N253DC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N253DC) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080822846899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 22, 2008, AT 1930 EDT, A ENSTROM 280FX, REGISTERED TO D&M AVIATION HAD TWO SKYDIVERS ONBOARD FOR AN INTENTIONAL PARACHUTE JUMP.  THE SECOND SKYDIVER FAILED TO OPEN HIS PARACHUTE AT A SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO SURVIVE.  VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED.  NEITHER THE PILOT OR OTHER SKYDIVER WAS INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT A PRIVATE HELIPORT IN AMELIA, OHIO ON AUGUST 22, 2008 AT 1900 EDT.

## Other reports on N253DC (1)

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

- [Incident 20030714019199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030714019199I), Jul 14, 2003: Enstrm 280FX (N253DC), Cincinnati, OH, Minor damage. (-23) Engine became rough. Pilot began precautionary landing and during approach the power failed. Landing successful in small street intersection with several…

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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