# NTSB CHI79FEM23: Enstrom F-28A, N4883, Albion, MI, June 24, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 24, 1979
- Place: Albion, MI · ALBION, MI
- Location: 42.2479° N, 84.7592° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albion, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2479&lon=-84.7592&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 3, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 135492
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI79FEM23
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEM23

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2288  79/6/24    ALBION,MI           ENSTROM F-28A       CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 50, 518
        TIME - 1530                    N4883               PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 203 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ALBION,MI                   MARSHALL,MI
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4883](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4883-2013-07-09), registration cancelled 2013-07-09, S/N 033, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTROM F-28A
- Registry model: [Enstrom F-28A](https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-f-28a) (registry code 3300406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19790624020669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790624020669A), Jun 24, 1979: Enstrm F28A, Albion, MI, Substantial damage. Pilot stated he lost rudder control on vertical takeoff. Helicopter made hard landing. No malfunction found.

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.

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