19880916056199I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Rotorwayexec · Temple, TX · September 16, 1988

Date
September 16, 1988 · 10:00 local
Place
Temple, TX
Airport
Draughon-Miller Municipal
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5054X
Reported as
Amtr Rotorwayexec
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
17 total5 in this make and model0 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.

Wind caused helicopter to become airborne while taxiing. Student lost control and it rolled over. No intent to fly.

As the FAA filed it

WIND CAUSED HELICOPTER TO BECOME AIRBORNE WHILE TAXIING. STUDENT LOST CONTROL AND IT ROLLED OVER. NO INTENT TO FLY.