# Accident 20021121032769A: Amtr EXEC162F, Monterey, CA, November 21, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 2002, 15:40 local time
- Place: Monterey, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6000° N, 121.8797° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6000&lon=-121.8797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N162LC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N162LC-2004-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Timothy E Asmus EXEC 162F (registry code 05611Z1, https://openairdocs.org/model/timothy-e-asmus-exec-162f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR EXEC162F
- Reported engine: AMTRRW ROTWY162
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 50 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021121032769A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON NOVEMBER 21, 2002, AT 1640 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, AN ASMUS EXEC 162F EXPERIMENTAL HELICOPTER, N162LC, ROLLED OVER DURING AN AUTOROTATIVE EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE BEACH IN MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA. THE PILOT OPERATED THE HELICOPTER UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 FOR THE LOCAL AREA PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE HELICOPTER SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE; THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED MARINA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (OAR) AT AN UNKNOWN TIME. THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION INSPECTOR INTERVIEWED THE PILOT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE QUIT DURING CRUISE FLIGHT APPROXIMATELY 600 TO 700 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL). THE PILOT INITIATED AN AUTOROTATION AND DURING THE DESCENT POWER WAS RESTORED; CONSEQUENTLY, THE HELICOPTER YAWED TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT CLOSED THE THROTTLE AND THE HELICOPTER ROLLED OVER AS IT MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. (-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 600 TO 700 FEET AGL, THE ENGINE SEEMED TO QUIT. HE INITIATED AN AUTOROTATION AND ON THE WAY DOWN, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY CAME BACK TO FULL FLIGHT RPM. WHEN THIS HAPPEN             ED, THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF YAW AND HE ELECTED TO CLOSE THE THROTTLE. BY THE TIME HE HAD DONE THAT, IT WAS NOT TIME TO LAND. HAVING NEVER PERFORMED AN AUTOROTATION TO THE GROUND, THE PILOT SAID HE DID THE BEST HE KNEW HOW ON THE LANDING. THE HELICOPTER HIT THE GROUND IN A TAIL LOW, SLIGHT LEFT TURNING ATTITUDE.

## 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 LAX03LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA036), Nov 21, 2002: Asmus Exec 162F (N162LC), Monterey, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor in the accident was the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the forced landing.

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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