# Incident 19870830056859I: Amtr ROTORWAYEXEC, Villa Grove, IL, August 30, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1987, 12:00 local time
- Place: Villa Grove, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8645° N, 88.1597° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Villa Grove, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8645&lon=-88.1597&mi=10
- Aircraft: N257MS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N257MS-2013-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Shanks Michael D ROTORWAY EXEC (registry code 13017FA, https://openairdocs.org/model/shanks-michael-d-rotorway-exec) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR ROTORWAYEXEC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 332 total, 50 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870830056859I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMBOUT. AUTOROTATED INTO A CORNFIELD AND THE HELICOPTER ROLLED OVER. DISTRIBUTOR BELT MISSING.

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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