# Accident 20180510007749A: Enstrom Helicopter Corp 280C, Kerens, TX, May 10, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2018, 18:02 local time
- Place: Kerens, TX
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0058° N, 96.1506° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0058&lon=-96.1506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67RE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67RE-2019-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom Helicopter 280C (registry code 3300505, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-helicopter-280c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HI0-360 series (registry code 41553, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hi0-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTROM HELICOPTER CORP 280C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING HI0-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 269 total, 124 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA167) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180510007749A

## Narrative

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

AT 1630 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED WOODS COUNTY AIRPORT MINEOLA, TX FOR HIS PRIVATE RESEIDENCE NEAR KERENS, TX.  AT 1752 MR. DOW HEARD A LOUD POP AND LOST POWER.  HE WAS 1000 FT AGL WHEN HE INITATED AN AUTO ROTATION.  AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST MOSTLY UPRIGHT AFTER IMPACTING SEVERAL TREES.

## 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 CEN18LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA167), May 10, 2018: Enstrom Helicopter 280C (N67RE), Kerens, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and the pilot’s inadequate in-flight fuel management.

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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