# NTSB MIA72DLD25: Enstrom F-28A, N9554, Orlando, FL, November 7, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 7, 1971
- Place: Orlando, FL · ORLANDO, FL
- Location: 28.5383° N, 81.3792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orlando, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5383&lon=-81.3792&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 12, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 163377
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA72DLD25
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA72DLD25

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3287   71/11/7   ORLANDO,FLA         ENSTROM F-28A       CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 5211
        TIME - 1345                    N9554               PX-  0  0  0  DEMONSTRATION             TOTAL HOURS, 308 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HERNDON
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SANFORD,FLA                 ORLANDO,FLA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON                       STATIC: IDLING ROTORS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: OTHER
        REMARKS- PLT LNDD HEL OFF-CENTER OF PRKNG SPOT,TAIL LOW.2 MEN ATMTD TO RAISE TAIL,M/R BLD HIT 1 MAN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9554 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ENSTROM F-28A
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: No damage
- Airport: Herndon

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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