ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 285121
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| Date: | Sunday 25 March 2007 |
| Time: | 07:55 LT |
| Type: |  RotorWay Exec 162F |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N496SB |
| MSN: | 6992 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 69 hours |
| Engine model: | Rotorway Exec 162F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Camarillo, California -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Camarillo Airport, CA (KCMA) |
| Camarillo Airport, CA (KCMA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot said that this was his first solo flight in this make and model helicopter. He said he did weight and balance calculations before performing a preflight inspection of the aircraft. The pilot said that he performed a ground taxi, and hovered for 5 to 10 minutes, with pedal turns, to check the control capability. He flew to an open field and noted a slight drift to the left. He returned to the airport and made a normal approach to the helipad followed by a normal flare. The aircraft then started to drift to the left and would not correct with right cyclic; while trying to correct the left drift with right cyclic, the cyclic became limited by his leg and the confines of the cockpit. During an attempted go around, the pilot said that his airspeed had decreased to zero, and his rotor RPM had dropped. He said the helicopter began to descend and landed hard on the left forward skid. Subsequently the helicopter rolled onto its left side.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain main rotor RPM resulting in an uncontrolled descent to a hard landing. A contributing factor was his lack of experience in make and model of aircraft.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA07CA084
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 October 2009 | N496SB | Private | 0 | Meiners Oaks, California | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 01-Oct-2022 18:01 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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