# Incident 20040711012109I: Amtr ROTORWAY162F, Sanger, TX, July 11, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2004, 12:30 local time
- Place: Sanger, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3796° N, 97.1638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sanger, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3796&lon=-97.1638&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7239S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7239S-2018-09-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: F K C M C I 162F (registry code 056043N, https://openairdocs.org/model/f-k-c-m-c-i-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 ROTORWAY162F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 27,150 total, 85 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040711012109I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 11, 2004 AT 1230 LOCAL TIME A ROTORWAY 162F EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR-BUILT HELICOPTER, N7239S OWNED AND OPERATED BY RICHARD FREEMAN. WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT AFTER POWER LOSS OF THE MAIN ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM DURING A CFR PART 91 FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE HELICOPTER RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE SKIDS AND TAIL ROTOR, THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT HAS A COMMERCIAL ROTORCRAFT-HELICOPTER RATING CERTIFICATE NUMBER 1646185. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT VULTURES ROW (6XS8) SANGER, TEXAS ON JULY 11, 2004 AT 1220.

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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