# Incident 20010603013199I: Amtr BU152, Marietta, GA, June 3, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2001, 12:00 local time
- Place: Marietta, GA
- Airport: Cobb County-Mccollum Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0132° N, 84.5970° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COBB COUNTY INTL/MCCOLLUM FLD (RYY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0132&lon=-84.5970&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99BU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N99BU-2004-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Underwood William B BU-152 (registry code 05611ID, https://openairdocs.org/model/underwood-william-b-bu-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotorway RW152 (registry code 55006, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotorway-rw152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR BU152
- Reported engine: AMTRRW ROTWY152
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 33 total, 13 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010603013199I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PIC HAD PERFORMED ABOUT FOUR HOURS OF GROUND AND HOVER FLIGHT TESTING ON THE HELICOPTER. DURING THE LAST CHECK AFTER HOVING FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES, AN INDICATION OF A ENGINE RPM INCREASE WAS NOTCIED.  PIC REDUCED ENGINE POWER AND LANDED.  UPON LANDING PIC NOTICED FUEL LEAKING AND FLAMES.  PIC RETRIEVED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND ATTEMPTED TO PUT OUT THE FIRE.  TO NO AVAIL, THE FIRE COMPLETELY ENGULFED THE HELO.  THE HELICOPTER WAS A TOTAL LOSS.

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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