# Accident 19840304008929A: Amtr ROTORWAYEXEC, Ft Lauderdale, FL, March 4, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 1984, 12:00 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1223° N, 80.1434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Lauderdale, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1223&lon=-80.1434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44818, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44818-2013-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Heinemann Klaus Dieter ROTORWAY EXEC (registry code 13017BV, https://openairdocs.org/model/heinemann-klaus-dieter-rotorway-exec) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR ROTORWAYEXEC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA84LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840304008929A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

HELICOPTER COLLIDED WITH GROUND DURING HOVER TEST FLIGHT WHEN WIND ROLLED AIRCRAFT OVER ON ITS SIDE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA84LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA096), Mar 4, 1984: Heinemann Rotorway Executive (N44818), Ft. Lauderdale, FL, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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