# NTSB investigations: Enstrom Helicopter 280C

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.

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## Cases, newest first

- [NTSB CHI82DA281](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA281.md): Enstrom 280C · Spring Green, WI · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jul 29, 1982 · N5698M · Substantial damage
  > The aircraft was on a photographic flight for the purpose of taking pictures of a piece of farm equipment. The first pass was made at about 50 ft AGL, heading into the wind. A turn was then made downwind, back toward the farm equipment. At about that time,…
- [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.
- [NTSB DEN82DA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82DA072.md): Enstrom 280-C · Granger, WY · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Apr 26, 1982 · N629H · Substantial damage
  > The aircraft's engine backfired and quit during takeoff. The pilot cleared a fence and during the forced landing the gear collapsed. No engine malfunction or failure could be found.
- [NTSB DEN82DTM08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82DTM08.md): Enstrom 280C · Midway, UT · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jan 2, 1982 · N51735 · Destroyed
  > The aircraft crashed while being moved about 150 ft from the parking area to a storage building. There was about 2 1/2 ft of fresh snow on the ground. The snow had been cleared from the parking area in front of the storage building. However, a snow cat had…
- [NTSB SEA82DYE01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DYE01.md): Enstrom 280C · Burke Island, WA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Nov 13, 1981 · N555BT · Substantial damage
- [NTSB DEN81FTI19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTI19.md): Enstrom 280C · Helena, MT · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Sep 9, 1981 · N51694 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB LAX81FUJ74](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUJ74.md): Enstrom 280C · Mesa, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jun 25, 1981 · N535H · Substantial damage
- [NTSB LAX81FA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA089.md): Enstrom F-280C · Bridgeport, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · May 20, 1981 · N51708 · Destroyed
- [NTSB ATL80FIG15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FIG15.md): Enstrom 280C · Arbutus, MD · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Aug 21, 1980 · N79ER · Substantial damage
- [NTSB NYC80DNC21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80DNC21.md): Enstrom 280C · Jackson, NH · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Apr 20, 1980 · N51791 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB LAX80FXQ06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FXQ06.md): Enstrom 280C · Carson City, NV · Accident · Serious injuries · Closed · Sep 8, 1979 · N554H · Substantial damage
- [NTSB LAX79DXQ33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DXQ33.md): Enstrom 280C · Duckwater, NV · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Aug 31, 1979 · N562H · Substantial damage
- [NTSB LAX78FUK09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUK09.md): Enstrom 280C · Kingman, AZ · Accident · Serious injuries · Closed · Sep 24, 1978 · N665H · Destroyed
- [NTSB SEA78DYA23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78DYA23.md): Enstrom 280C · Buhl, ID · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Aug 6, 1978 · N51651 · Destroyed
- [NTSB UNK78X0129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK78X0129.md): Enstrom 280C · Lester, WA · Accident · 1 fatal · Closed · Jul 28, 1978 · N530H · Destroyed
- [NTSB SEA78DYA16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78DYA16.md): Enstrom 280C · Boise, ID · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jul 19, 1978 · N123MT · Substantial damage
- [NTSB SEA78FTI10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FTI10.md): Enstrom 280C · Trout Creek, MT · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Apr 5, 1978 · N638H · Substantial damage
- [NTSB SEA78FYM03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FYM03.md): Enstrom 280C · Aloha, OR · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Oct 5, 1977 · N111EE · Substantial damage
- [NTSB SEA77FTI15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77FTI15.md): Enstrom 280C · Dillon, MT · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jul 7, 1977 · N594H · Substantial damage
- [NTSB OAK77FVW30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77FVW30.md): Enstrom 280C · Las Vegas, NV · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jun 30, 1977 · N579H · Substantial damage
- [NTSB NYC77FA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FA069.md): Enstrom 280C · Prt Washingtn, NY · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jun 24, 1977 · N587H · Substantial damage
- [NTSB SEA77FYM24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77FYM24.md): Enstrom 280C · Beaverton, OR · Accident · Serious injuries · Closed · Mar 29, 1977 · N110VE · Destroyed
- [NTSB CHI77FA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FA032.md): Enstrom 280C · Valparaiso, IN · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Feb 25, 1977 · N594H · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MIA77FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FA035.md): Enstrom 280C · Ft.Meade, FL · Accident · 1 fatal · Closed · Feb 23, 1977 · N345RA · Destroyed
- [NTSB SEA76FYC49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76FYC49.md): Enstrom F-28A · Prairie City, OR · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · May 17, 1976 · N530H · Substantial damage

## 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'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=3300505&page=2

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