N9607

Enstrom F-28A · built 1973

Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on September 19, 1933.

Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Safety history

  • December 6, 1982Accident

    THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH GROUND AND ROLLED WHILE THE PILOT WAS HOVER TAXIING DOWNWIND. THE WINDS WERE DESCRIBED AS 15 KTS TO GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 KTS. THE ENSTROM CHIEF ENGINEER REPORTED THAT A DOWNWIND HOVER TENDS TO DECAY THE MAIN ROTOR RPM DUE TO EXCESSIVE USE OF TAILROTOR PEDAL, ESPECIALLY AT HIGH GROSS WEIGHTS.

    Enstrom F-28A

Transportation Safety Board of Canada records1 on file

Worst recorded outcome: substantial damage.

  • June 1, 1997Accidentsubstantial damage

    Cessna 206 · Juneau, Alaska 100 NM NE · A97P0145

    A97p0145: the pilot of the float equipped cessna 206 aircraft and one passenger were on approach to llewellyn inlet for landing. During the downwind turn, the pilot encountered a severe downdraft and turbulence off the llewellyn glacier. The aircraft descended rapidly, struck the beach area, slid for about 200 feet…

Source: TSB Aviation Safety Information System (ASIS) (open data).