# Incident 20040822020609I: Amtr EXEC162F, Butler, PA, August 22, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2004, 14:00 local time
- Place: Butler, PA
- Airport: Butler County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8616° N, 79.8962° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Butler, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8616&lon=-79.8962&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45579, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45579-2010-05-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rotorway EXEC 162-F (registry code 05615Z8, https://openairdocs.org/model/rotorway-exec-162-f) (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 ROTWY162F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,826 total, 65 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040822020609I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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