# Accident 20010930027559A: Rhoades Gordon L RTRWY INTL EXEC 162F, Whitehouse, OH, September 30, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2001, 17:50 local time
- Place: Whitehouse, OH
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5189° N, 83.8039° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5189&lon=-83.8039&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25GR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25GR-2003-12-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rhoades Gordon L RTRWY INTL EXEC 162F (registry code 05602PS, https://openairdocs.org/model/rhoades-gordon-l-rtrwy-intl-exec-162f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotorway RW152 (registry code 55006, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotorway-rw152) (OpenAirDocs)
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD01LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD01LA109) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010930027559A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND AN EXPERIMENTAL HELICOPTER, N25GR, AT HIS RESIDENCE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE PILOT REPORTED THE HELICOPTER ENGINE STARTED TO MISSFIRE, BACKFIRE AND LOSE POWER. THE PILOT SAID HE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO AUTO ROTATE FROM APPROXIMATELY 500 FOOT AGL AND TOUCHED DOWN IN A SOYBEAN FIELD ADJACENT TO A GRASS AREA. THE HELICOPTER SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET. ON TOUCH DOWN THE LEFT FRONT LANDING SKID DUT INTO THE SOFT GROUND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO TILT TOWARD THE LEFT. THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES STRUCK THE GROUND BENDING ONE BLADE DOWNWARD, AND THE OTHER BLADE UPWARD. THE MAIN ROTOR BLADE REPORTEDLY STRUCK THE TAIL BOOM SEVERING IT IN HALF. THE TAIL ROTOR ASSEMBLY, WITH PART OF THE TAIL BOOM ATTACHED TO IT, SEPARATED FROM THE HELICOPTER AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET FROM THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE. THE HELICOPTER APPARENTLY TOUCHED DOWN FACING EAST AND CAME TO REST FACING SOUTH APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET FROM THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN POINT. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY PERSON ABOARD AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND DID NOT SUFFER ANY INJURIES.

## 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 IAD01LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD01LA109), Sep 30, 2001: Rhoades Rotorway Exec 162F (N25GR), Whitehouse, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The soft terrain condition, which resulted in the helicopter's rollover during the forced landing. A factor was the loss of engine power due to engine overtemperature for undetermined reasons.

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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