# Accident 20100206026929A: Enstrom F-28C, Ft Pierce, FL, February 6, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 2010, 11:20 local time
- Place: Ft Pierce, FL
- Airport: St Lucie County International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4917° N, 80.3703° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4917&lon=-80.3703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N426KA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N426KA-2017-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom F-28C (registry code 3300407, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-f-28c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series (registry code 41524, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTROM F-28C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING HIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 22,600 total, 200 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA134) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100206026929A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 6, 2010, AT 11:20 LOCAL TIME AN ENSTROM F28C, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COLLIDED WITH THE BANK OF A DRY RETENTION POND AND THE AIRCRAFT TIPPED FORWARD AND THE ROTOR BLADES STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OVER ONTO ITS RIGHT SIDE.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 ERA10CA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA134), Feb 6, 2010: Enstrom F-28C (N426KA), Fort Pierce, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent encounter with settling with power while hovering downwind.

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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