ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 296994
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| Date: | Monday 8 July 2002 |
| Time: | 18:38 LT |
| Type: |  RotorWay Exec 162F |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N30319 |
| MSN: | 3279 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2 hours |
| Engine model: | Rotorway 162F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Englewood, Colorado -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Denver-Centennial Airport, CO (APA/KAPA) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that he was doing hover testing of his helicopter. He said the tower cleared him to aerial taxi from a hangar on the east side of the field to the compass rose. The pilot said to get to the compass rose, he determined he would have to fly west toward a building on the airport and then turn south to fly behind the building (the west side of the building), and stay between the building and taxiway A, the north-south parallel taxiway to the runway. The pilot said that as he passed behind the building, "I think I experienced a tailwind. The helicopter began losing power and lift. I set up to do a skidding landing. The helicopter skidded and tipped forward, caught the rotor on the ground." The pilot said, "I experienced settling with power and did not have enough altitude to fly out of it." The wind conditions reported 15 minutes after the accident were 360 degrees at 11 knots. An examination of the helicopter revealed no preimpact anomalies.
Probable Cause: the pilot encountering settling with power. A factor contributing to the accident was the tailwind.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN02FA070
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 14-Oct-2022 13:10 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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