ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 297631
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| Date: | Sunday 27 January 2002 |
| Time: | 14:06 LT |
| Type: |  RotorWay Exec 162F |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N30545 |
| MSN: | 6554 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 25 hours |
| Engine model: | Rotorway 162F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Willcox, Arizona -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Willcox, AZ |
| Willcox, AZ | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While hovering in ground effect in a 10 mph wind, a 20 mph gust was encountered. The pilot attempted to maintain control by movement of the cyclic control, but the helicopter impacted the ground and rolled over. In a verbal statement, the pilot asserted that when he had attempted to move the cycle control to the right to stabilize the helicopter, his right hand contacted his right thigh, which was against the installed right side collective control. He asserted that this momentarily restricted his available range of cycle movement. The helicopter then drifted left, impacted the ground, and rolled over. The pilot's flight instructor had authorized his student to fly in wind conditions not exceeding 10 mph.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to compensate for a gust condition and to maintain lateral control while hovering due to restricted cyclic control movement, which resulted from an inadequate control location/design.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX02LA071
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 December 2002 | N30545 | Richard Anderson | 0 | PHOENIX, Arizona | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 15-Oct-2022 06:34 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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