# Incident 19961019033199I: Amtr RAF2000, Adrian, MI, October 19, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 1996, 17:10 local time
- Place: Adrian, MI
- Airport: Lenawee County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Running(Helicopter/Vtol Ac)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8676° N, 84.0773° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LENAWEE COUNTY (ADG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8676&lon=-84.0773&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82DW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N82DW-2017-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Watkins Doyle E RAF 2000 (registry code 05602XT, https://openairdocs.org/model/watkins-doyle-e-raf-2000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Subaru ALL MDLS A/B (registry code 59050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/subaru-all-mdls-a-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RAF2000
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 492 total, 93 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961019033199I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING TAKE-OFF FROM RUNWAY 5 AT THE LENAWEE COUNTY AIRPORT (ADG), THE PILOTS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE RUDDER PEDAL, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO ROLL TO THE RIGHT. THE MAIN ROTOR CONTACTED THE GROUND AND THE RIGHT DOOR, THE WINDSHIELD, THE CABIN ENCLOSURE, THE MAIN ROTOR FLIGHT CONTROLS AND THE PROPELLER WERE DAMAGED. RUDDER PEDAL DESIGN SHOULD BE CHANGED TO LESSEN THE POSSIBILITY OF LOSS OF RUDDER CONTROL DURING FLIGHT. MR. WATKINS ALLOWED HIS LEFT FOOT TO COME OFF THE RUDDER PEDAL, CAUSING LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.

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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