# Incident 19960416007399I: Amtr EH101, Lakeland, FL, April 16, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 1996, 13:30 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Airport: Lakeland Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0395° N, 81.9498° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakeland, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0395&lon=-81.9498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10TE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10TE-2021-10-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hillberg Don EH 1 01 (registry code 130018D, https://openairdocs.org/model/hillberg-don-eh-1-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR EH101
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,490 total, 135 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960416007399I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 16, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 1330 EDT, AN EH1-01 ROTORMOUSE HELICOPTER, N10TE, OWNED AND OPERATED BY MR. DONALD G. HILLBERG, CRASHED DURING A HOVER MANEUVER AT THE LAKELAND LINDER REGIONAL AIRPORT, NEAR LAKELAND, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED A COMPLETELY EMPTY (NO RESIDUAL FUEL/FUMES) GAS TANK. THE HELICOPTER RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT, MR. DONALD G. HILLBERG, HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE, NUMBER 554578563. THE LOCAL TEST FLIGHT DEPARTED THE LAKELAND LINDER REGIONAL AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 110 EDT ON APRIL 16, 1996. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N10TE (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19940521015779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940521015779A), May 21, 1994: N10TE, Corona, CA, Substantial damage. During low altitude hover turned helicopter tail into wind. Settled. Skid dug into soft ground. Copter rolled over.

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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