# NTSB investigations: Enstrom Helicopter 280C: In flight collision with object

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB CHI02LA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA256.md): Enstrom 280C · Coopersville, MI · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 25, 2002 · N51689 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the transmission wires. Additional factors were the transmission wires and the sunglare.
- [NTSB NYC98LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA079.md): Enstrom F280F · New Alexandria, PA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 20, 1998 · N66JV · Substantial damage
  > A bird strike.
- [NTSB NYC97LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97LA097.md): Enstrom 280-C · Clarksburg, NJ · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 21, 1997 · N613LG · No damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from the hangar.
- [NTSB FTW95LA356](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95LA356.md): Enstrom 280C · Houston, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 21, 1995 · N911BT · Substantial damage
  > The flight instructor's poor judgement, and his disregard of the owner's objection to air taxi into the hangar.
- [NTSB DEN87LA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA245.md): Enstrom 280C · Bountiful, UT · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 26, 1987 · N5692D · Destroyed
  > While on a local low level pleasure flt the plt failed to see power lines and an in flight collision with the lines occurred severing the right skid and 90 degree gear box from the acft. A semi-autorotative crash occurred on the bank of a irrigation reservoir.
- [NTSB NYC85FA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FA015.md): Enstrom 280C · Butler, PA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 28, 1984 · N51686 · Destroyed
  > The helicopter struck the static line of a high voltage transmission line while on a flt to photograph an apartment complex. The owner of the complex accompanied the plt on the flt, there after the acft was to be used for passenger sightseeing flts as part of…
- [NTSB DEN82DA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82DA131.md): Enstrom 280C · Steamboat Sprin, CO · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jul 7, 1982 · N5693R · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated that during lift-off he was distracted by persons on the ground waving their arms. The aircraft drifted to the left and contacted a tree after which the pilot landed the aircraft and it rolled over.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('3300505')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 220))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=3300505&occurrence=220

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