# NTSB investigations: Enstrom Helicopter 280C, UT

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 WPR09LA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA261.md): Enstrom Helicopter 280C · Ogden, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 25, 2009 · N5699N · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper use of the helicopter's collective both during the takeoff sequence and while attempting remedial action in response to an engine over-boost condition, which resulted in a hard precautionary landing.
- [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 DEN84LA271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA271.md): Enstrom 280C · Bluffdale, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 29, 1984 · N4992M · Substantial damage
  > Plt was practicing hovering over a 40 x 60 foot helicopter pad. Plt stated, a gust of wind caught the helicopter moving it off the pad and into nearby power lines. The terrain around the pad slopes down. The power lines were located aprx 125 ft from the pad…
- [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…

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'UT' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND 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&state=UT

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