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Incident · Destroyed

FAA incident report · Solmos Bryan EXEC 90 · Columbus, IN · January 29, 1999

Date: January 29, 1999 · 16:49 local
Place: Columbus, IN
Airport: Columbus Municipal
Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N1068G
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0

N1068GRegistration cancelled Jun 15, 1999 · Solmos Bryan EXEC 90S/N 1068 Airframe modelSolmos Bryan EXEC 90

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.

(-5) On January 29, 1999, helicopter pilot was practicing touch and goes at Columbus, IN municipal airport (bak), operating a rotorway exec 90 experimental home built, when the cockpit filled with smoke. Pilot landed helicopter with out incident at the end of taxieay "F-1". After deplaning the helicopter, the helicopter caught on fire and burned, and was destroyed. There were no injuries and no damage to property.

As the FAA filed it

(-5) ON JANUARY 29, 1999, HELICOPTER PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GOES AT COLUMBUS, IN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (BAK), OPERATING A ROTORWAY EXEC 90 EXPERIMENTAL HOME BUILT, WHEN THE COCKPIT FILLED WITH SMOKE. PILOT LANDED HELICOPTER WITH OUT INCIDENT AT THE END OF TAXIEAY "F-1". AFTER DEPLANING THE HELICOPTER, THE HELICOPTER CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED, AND WAS DESTROYED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.