36.9495° N, 79.3626° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Gretna, VA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 10, 1996 · 15:00 local
Place
Gretna, VA
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N718Z
Reported as
Amtr Rotorwayexec
Reported engine
AMTRRW ROTWY152
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
790 total320 in this make and model40 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.
Loud noise at rear at cruise. Rolled over on autorotation landing main rotor shaft failed. Chain drive jammed.
As the FAA filed it
LOUD NOISE AT REAR AT CRUISE. ROLLED OVER ON AUTOROTATION LANDING MAIN ROTOR SHAFT FAILED. CHAIN DRIVE JAMMED.