# Accident 20050310002739A: Amtr ROTORWAY162F, Coos Bay, OR, March 10, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2005, 13:15 local time
- Place: Coos Bay, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.3517° N, 124.1828° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3517&lon=-124.1828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20539, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20539-2005-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Garner Michael M GARNER ROTORWAY 162F (registry code 05612P6, https://openairdocs.org/model/garner-michael-m-garner-rotorway-162f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotorway RW-100 series (registry code 55001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotorway-rw-100-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR ROTORWAY162F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 165 total, 160 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA05LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050310002739A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 10, 2005, APPROXIMATELY 1220 PST, AN EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT GARNER ROTORWAY EXEC 162F, N20539 COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN DURING AN EMERGENCY AUTOROTATION NEAR COOS BAY, OR. THE PILOT AND OWNER, COMMERCIAL PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY A POST CRASH FIRE. THE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT DEPARTED NORTH BEND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, NORTH BEND, OR APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE INTENDED FLIGHT TO NORWAY, OR.

## 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 SEA05LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA058), Mar 10, 2005: Rotorway Exec 162F (N20539), Coos Bay, OR, destroyed. Probable cause: The disintegration, for undetermined reasons, of the upper main drive pulley assembly bearing, while in cruise flight, leading to the decoupling of the main rotor drive assembly from the engine drive…

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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