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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtr ROTORWAY EXEC · Ridgeway, VA · March 29, 1988

Date
March 29, 1988 · 15:00 local
Place
Ridgeway, VA
Airport
Pace
Phase of flight
Hovering
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N107LH
NTSB investigation
NTSBBFO88FID02
Reported as
Amtr Rotorwayexec
Reported engine
AMTRRW ROTWY145
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10 total10 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Attempting to land from a two foot taxi hover. Over controlled. Caused a dynamic rollover. Crashed. Post fire.

As the FAA filed it

ATTEMPTING TO LAND FROM A TWO FOOT TAXI HOVER. OVER CONTROLLED. CAUSED A DYNAMIC ROLLOVER. CRASHED. POST FIRE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.