- Date
- August 6, 1988, 15:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Boca Raton, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N280MWEnstrom F-28F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880806030689A
- Case key
- 32227
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While at an alt of aprx 800 ft 1 mile offshore, the plt reported a drop of the manifold pressure from 29 to 20'HG, & as a result, the main rotor and engine RPM needles split. He then turned on the boost pump with negative results. An autorotative landing in the water resulted in substantial damage. The acft was ditched aprx 1 mile offshore in water 4 ft deep.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N280MW
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28F
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 743
- Airframe hours
- 231
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-FIAD, 190 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Weinstein, Michael
- Registered owner
- M Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 6, 1987 · 12 hours before
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15,000 total · 500 in this make and model · 155 in the last 90 days · 55 in the last 30 days · 14 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 11 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PMP, 8 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.