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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr EXEC 162-F · Butler, PA · August 22, 2004

Date: August 22, 2004 · 14:00 local
Place: Butler, PA
Airport: Butler County Airport
Phase of flight: Hovering
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N45579
Reported as: Amtr EXEC162F
Reported engine: AMTRRW ROTWY162F
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,826 total65 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N45579Registration cancelled May 24, 2010 · Rotorway EXEC 162-FS/N 6713 · Built 2004 Airframe modelRotorway EXEC 162-F Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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What happened

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(-23) At approximately 14:00 on 08/22/2004, an experimental amateur built helicopter, a simons rotorway exec 162F, N45579, experienced a hard landing on the ramp after a hovering autorotation at Butler County Airport (btp). Butler pa. The aircraft had been hover taxiing to land when according to the pilot/builder, the tail rotor lost authority. During the autorotation the tail rotor struck the ground resulting in a bent tailboom and spread skids. The pilot and his one passenger were not injured. The pilot's actions or inaction did not contribute to this incident. Submission of this report closes this incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 14:00 ON 08/22/2004, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT HELICOPTER, A SIMONS ROTORWAY EXEC 162F, N45579, EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING ON THE RAMP AFTER A HOVERING AUTOROTATION AT BUTLER COUNTY AIRPORT (BTP). BUTLER PA. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN HOVER TAXIING TO LAND WHEN ACCORDING TO THE PILOT/BUILDER, THE TAIL ROTOR LOST AUTHORITY. DURING THE AUTOROTATION THE TAIL ROTOR STRUCK THE GROUND RESULTING IN A BENT TAILBOOM AND SPREAD SKIDS. THE PILOT AND HIS ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE PILOT'S ACTIONS OR INACTION DID NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THIS INCIDENT. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.