# Accident 20251228019722A: Enstrom Helicopter Corp 280C, 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: Destroyed
- 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: N280MG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N280MG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom Helicopter 280C (registry code 3300505, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-helicopter-280c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360-E1AD (registry code 41894, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-e1ad) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTROM HELICOPTER CORP 280C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING HIO-360-E1AD
- 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/20251228019722A

## Narrative

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

ENSTROM 280C HELICOPTER COLLIDED MID-AIR WITH AN ENSTROM F-28A HELICOPTER 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 280C BEGAN A TUMBLING DESCENT BEFORE IMPACTING TERRAIN. THE HELICOPTER WAS DESTROYED BY A POSTIMPACT FIRE, AND MOST OF THE FUSELAGE AND MAIN ROTOR SYSTEM HAD BEEN CONSUMED BY THE FIRE. THE TAIL CONE REMAINED RELATIVELY INTACT AND DISPLAYED TERRAIN IMPACT DAMAGE AND THE AFT PORTION OF THE TAIL CONE DISPLAYED DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH IMPACT WHILE IN FLIGHT. PORTIONS OF ONE MAIN ROTOR BLADE, THE TAIL ROTOR, AND TAIL CONE  WERE FOUND ALONG THE DEBRIS PATH.

THE PILOT OF THE ENSTROM 280C WAS FATALLY INJURED IN THIS ACCIDENT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N520H: [Accident 20251228019712A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251228019712A)

## 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 280 (N280MG), Hammonton, NJ, destroyed, 2 fatal, investigation ongoing

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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