ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 988
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| Date: | Tuesday 13 November 2007 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: |  RotorWay Exec 162F |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N46110 |
| MSN: | 6850 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 127 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Nr. New Century, KS -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | New Century, KS (IXD) |
| New Century, KS (IXD) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was doing hovering maneuvers at the end of the runway. He was cleared for a left pattern to return to the end of the runway. On final approach he felt a "moderate vibration" in the tail rotor, and elected to autorotate to a farm field adjacent to airport property rather than try to clear surrounding trees and fences. The helicopter landed hard, flexing the landing gear. The pilot later reported a spar in one of the tail rotor blades had failed due to metal fatigue.
Probable Cause: While on approach the tail rotor spar failed due to metal fatigue .
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20071204X01894&key=1
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jan-2008 03:13 | JINX | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:13 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:14 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:16 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:20 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 04-Dec-2017 19:01 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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