ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 39334
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| Date: | 13-MAY-2000 |
| Time: | 12:49 |
| Type: |  RotorWay Exec 162F |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N962WM |
| MSN: | 6291 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ithaca, MI -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Unk, |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
The helicopter was destroyed when it impacted the terrain. The helicopter came to rest upright in a farm field. Pieces of plexiglas, sheet metal, the right horizontal stabilizer and a section of the tail rotor drive belt were found about 1/2 mile east-northeast of the main wreckage. The left entry doorframe and the right horizontal tailboom fin were found about 1/4 mile east-northeast of the main wreckage. No anomalies were found that could be associated with a preexisting condition.
Probable Cause: the door separation for undetermined reasons and the foreign object damage due to the door impact to the tailboom and tail rotor drive system.
Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001212X20956&key=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 12-Dec-2017 18:44 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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