# NTSB GAA21WA247: Enstrom 280FX, Llanfachreth, United Kingdom, August 25, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Foreign
- Date: August 25, 2021, 15:25 local (15:25 UTC)
- Place: Llanfachreth, United Kingdom
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Loss of tail rotor effectiveness](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/242)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: AAIB, Enstrom Helicopter Corp
- NTSB case key (mKey): 104054
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA21WA247
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104054/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA21WA247

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute: Loss of tail rotor effectiveness](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/242) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 100 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/242/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: G-OJBB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ENSTROM 280FX
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 2084
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial

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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