# NTSB Accident LAX98LA242
> **Enstrom F28A** · 1998-07-24 · PLEASANTON, CA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX98LA242
- **Event ID:** 20001211X10640
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-07-24
- **Location:** PLEASANTON, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.679061, -121.749252
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Enstrom
- **Model:** F28A
- **Registration:** N288Q
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The flight instructor's delayed remedial action and the student pilot's failure to maintain rotor RPM.  A factor was the downhill terrain.

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