# Accident 20191211021729A: Enstrom F-28F, Riverton, UT, December 11, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 2019, 14:30 local time
- Place: Riverton, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4831° N, 111.9406° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4831&lon=-111.9406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65RS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ENSTROM F-28F
- Reported engine: LYCOMING HIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 90 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20TA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20TA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191211021729A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 11, 2019 AT 1630 N65RS, SERIAL NUMBER 766, ENSTROM F28F OPERATED BY A NON CERTIFICATED PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SPIN. AFTER ABOUT TWO AND A HALF ROTATIONS THE AIRCRAFTS MAIN ROTOR BLADES CONTACTED THE TOP OF THE TREE LIMBS AND CRASH LANDED FACING NORTH WEST IN A FIELD NEXT DOOR TO THE PILOT'S HOME.

## 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 WPR20TA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20TA039), Dec 11, 2019: Enstrom F28 (N65RS), Riverton, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The noncertificated pilot’s decision to operate a deregistered helicopter, which resulted in a component failure and subsequent loss of control and hard landing. Contributing to the accident was the…

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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