# Incident 20191013017139I: Enstrom F-28A, Chugiak, AK, October 13, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2019, 14:40 local time
- Place: Chugiak, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.3889° N, 149.4819° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chugiak, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.3889&lon=-149.4819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N286Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N286Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom F-28A (registry code 3300406, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-f-28a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTROM F-28A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 10 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191013017139I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECENTLY REBUILT AND CONDUCTING ITS FIRST FLIGHT.

OFF AIRPORT INITAL FLIGHT WITH UNEVEN TERRIAN AND TALL TREES.

AIRMAN CONDUCTED GROUND RUNS PRIOR TO NUMEROUS HOVER POWER CHECKS AT MULTIPLE ALTITUDES UP TO 25 FT AGL.

HOVER CHECKS CONFIRMED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING PROPERLY AND WAS WITHIN CG RANGE.

AFTER TAKEOFF FROM OFF AIRPORT LOCATION AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A DECREASED ENGINE RPM, AND WITHOUT AIRSPEED TO CONTINUE FORWARD FLIGHT.

THE PIC MADE THE DECISION TO LAND INTO A TREELINE SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE.

AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A LARGE WOODED AREA LESS THAN TWO MILES FROM TAKEOFF LOCATION ENROUTE TO BIRCHWOOD AIRPORT.

DAMAGE CONSISTED OF:

ALL MAIN ROTOR BLADE DESTROYED DUE TO CONTACTING TREES.

BOTH SKID TUBES SPREAD AND BENT

BOTH SKID CROSS BARS BENT

RIGHT FRONT STRUT COLAPSED

RIGHT SIDE WINDSCREEEN PUNCTURED.

## Other reports on N286Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19770818026879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770818026879A), Aug 18, 1977: Enstrm F28ENSTR/ (N286Q), Lubbock, TX, Substantial damage. Horiz stab spar separated,struck t/r.AD72-4-4 ncw.

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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