# Accident 20000513037059A: Amtr EXEC162F, Ithaca, MI, May 13, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2000, 12:49 local time
- Place: Ithaca, MI
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2897° N, 84.5991° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2897&lon=-84.5991&mi=10
- Aircraft: N962WM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N962WM-2000-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Martin Wayne G EXEC 162F (registry code 05605SE, https://openairdocs.org/model/martin-wayne-g-exec-162f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR EXEC162F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA135) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000513037059A

## Narrative

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

(-23) HELICOPTER BROKE-UP IN FLIGHT PARTS SCATTERED ALONG APPROX. 1/2 MILE LONG FLIGHT PATH TO MAIN IMPACT. THE FIRST PIECE OF THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED WAS A SMALL PIECE OF PLEXIGLASS, ABOUT THE SIZE OF A HAND, WITH SMALL PIECE OF TWISTED SHEET METAL ABOUT TWICE THAT SIZE. THE LEFT DOOR FRAME WAS FOUND ABOUT 3/8 MILE FROM THE MAIN WRECKAGE. THE TAILROTOR DRIVE BELT WAS FOUND NEAR THE DOOR FRAME. 1/4 MILE FROM THE IMPACT, RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WAS FOUND. TAIL ROTOR ASSEMBLY WAS 75 YARDS N-NE OF MAIN IMPACT. 1 MIAN ROTOR BLADE SEPARATED AND WAS 30 YARDS E OF MAIN IMPACT. THIS BLADE SHOWED EVIDENCE ON THE UNDERSIDE, OF SCRAPPING THE TAIL BOOM VEFORE FINALLY STIKING THE TAIL BOOM AND BENDING THE BOOM APPROX. 130 DEGREES. NUMEROUS SMALL PIECES OF SHEET METAL AND PLEXIGLASS WERE SCATTERED ALONG THE FLIGHT PATH. (SEE ATTACHED DRAWING) THE HELICOPTER STRUCK THE GROUND IN A LEVEL ATTITUDE WITH NO SIGNS OF ROTATION AND NO FORWARD SPEED. THE NEEDLE SLAP ON THE VVI INDICATES A VERTICAL DESCENT OF 1800 FEET PER MINUTE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI00LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA135), May 13, 2000: Rotorway Exec 162F (N962WM), Ithaca, MI, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the door separation for undetermined reasons and the foreign object damage due to the door impact to the tailboom and tail rotor drive system.

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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