# Accident 20251228019712A: Enstrom F-28A, Hammonton, NJ, December 28, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2025, 11:30 local time
- Place: Hammonton, NJ
- Airport: Hammonton Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6609° N, 74.7698° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6609&lon=-74.7698&mi=10
- Aircraft: N520H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N520H) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA26FA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26FA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251228019712A

## Narrative

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

ENSTROM F-28A HELICOPTER COLLIDED MID-AIR WITH AN ENSTROM 280C AFTER DEPARTURE FROM N81. BOTH HELICOPTERS OBSERVED TO BE FLYING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER SHORTLY BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. THE HELICOPTERS WERE SLIGHTLY STAGGERED FROM EACH OTHER AND FLYING ON A SIMILAR HEADING. THE HELICOPTERS CONVERGED UNTIL THEY CAME IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER. THE ENSTROM F-28A PITCHED UP SHARPLY, THEN BEGAN YAWING IN A CLOCKWISE DIRECTION WHILE DESCENDING RAPIDLY BEFORE CONTACTING THE GROUND.

THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE, TAIL CONE, TAIL ROTOR, AND MAIN ROTOR. THE AFT PORTION OF THE TAIL CONE PARTIALLY SEPARATED FROM THE FORWARD PORTION AND WAS ONLY ATTACHED TO THE AIRFRAME THROUGH ONE TAIL ROTOR CONTROL CABLE, WITH THE OTHER CONTROL CABLE SHOWING TENSILE OVERLOAD SIGNATURES. PORTIONS OF THE MAIN ROTOR SKIN, PLEXIGLASS, AND A PORTION OF THE TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT WERE FOUND ALONG THE DEBRIS PATH. MAIN ROTOR BLADES FROM THE ENSTROM F-28A HAD IMPACT MARKS WITH PAINT TRANSFER OF A COLOR CONSISTENT WITH THE TAIL ROTOR BLADE OF THE ENSTROM 280C. THE PILOT OF THE ENSTROM F-28A WAS FATALLY INJURED IN THIS ACCIDENT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N280MG, Enstrom Helicopter Corp 280C: [Accident 20251228019722A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251228019722A)

## 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 ERA26FA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26FA077), Dec 28, 2025: Enstrom F28 (N520H), Hammonton, NJ, substantial damage, 2 fatal, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N520H (1)

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

- [Accident 19790120001219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790120001219A), Jan 20, 1979: Enstrm F28A (N520H), Shafter, CA, Substantial damage. Vibration and loss of rudder control. Made hard emergency landing. Found pitch control link failed. Tensile overload.

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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