# Accident 20200623006289A: Enstrom 280FX, Rathdrum, ID, June 23, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2020, 18:00 local time
- Place: Rathdrum, ID
- Airport: Coeur D'Alene - Pappy Boyingto
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.7750° N, 116.8956° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7750&lon=-116.8956&mi=10
- Aircraft: N280MM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N280MM-2020-09-23) (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: ENSTROM 280FX
- Reported engine: LYCOMING HI0-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA191) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200623006289A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS WESTBOUND SOUTH OF RATHDRUM, ID AT A LOW ALTITUDE. WHILE JUST NORTH OF WYOMING AVENUE AND CROSSING OVER STATE HIGHWAY 41 IT LOST ALTITUDE RAPIDLY AND LANDED HARD IN A FIELD WEST OF THE HIGHWAY. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND TURNED 180 DEGREES TO ITS DIRECTION OF FLIGHT. A POST-CRASH FIRE ENSUED AND DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT. BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT BUT SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT BURNS.

## 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 WPR20LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA191), Jun 24, 2020: Enstrom 280 (N280MM), Hayden, ID, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The total loss of power while maneuvering at low altitude due to the detonation of two engine cylinders and damaged spark plugs.

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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