ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65409
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| Date: | Friday 5 June 2009 |
| Time: | 12:10 |
| Type: |  RotorWay Exec 162F |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N162RY |
| MSN: | 6673 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 147 hours |
| Engine model: | Rotorway RI 162F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Berlin, VT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Edward F. Knapp State Airport, VT (MPV) |
| Edward F. Knapp State Airport, VT (MPV) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The experimental amateur-built helicopter was approaching an airport when witnesses heard a “pop noise” and saw it nose down, “straight into the ground.” The main wreckage was located about 360 feet from a treeline. There were no skid marks and no evidence of tree impact. The majority of the helicopter was consumed in a postcrash fire, which precluded a thorough examination. Debris from the aircraft was located about 1/2-mile from the accident site, on what would have been a left base to the runway. Additional items, including cabin door plexiglass material and a piece of horizontal stabilizer fin, extended aft of the impact site about 320 feet. The main rotor system was collapsed downward, and the swashplate assembly and flight control system were destroyed. The main rotor blades exhibited fire damage, and appeared to have “very little” impact damage, with no notable damage to the leading edges. The tail boom was melted from the fuselage attach point to 2 to 3 feet forward of the tail rotor gearbox, which was rotated without binding. The tail rotor blades were broken near their bases, and one blade was impaled in the ground. A postmortem examination of the pilot, who was also the builder, did not reveal any preaccident medical anomalies.
Probable Cause: A loss of control in flight for undetermined reasons.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jun-2009 00:48 | slowkid | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 02-Dec-2017 15:35 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-May-2022 21:38 | Captain Adam | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Category] |
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