# Accident 20050704018839A: Amtr EXEC90, Weston, WV, July 4, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2005, 11:30 local time
- Place: Weston, WV
- Airport: Louis Bennett Field Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0914° N, 80.4694° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0914&lon=-80.4694&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4359N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4359N-2008-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Callahan Robert R R W EXEC 90 (registry code 13017NK, https://openairdocs.org/model/callahan-robert-r-r-w-exec-90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotorway RW-100 series (registry code 55001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotorway-rw-100-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR EXEC90
- Reported engine: AMTRRW ROTWY162
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 35 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD05CA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05CA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050704018839A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PERFORMING POWER RECOVERY AUTOROTATION MANEUVERS AND HAD ACCOMPLISHED SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL MANEUVERS ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT. AT APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 15 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND THE PILOT ADDED THROTTLE TO THE ENGINE BUT IT WAS NOT RESPONSIVE. THE PILOT DID NOT NOTICE ON THE AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS WHETHER THE ENGINE WAS IN FACT RUNNING OR NOT. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT HAVE A CURRENT ANNUAL CONDITION INSPECTION. THE AIRPORT WAS CLOSED AND A NOTAM HAD BEEN ISSUED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD A HARD LANDING AND WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. THE STUDENT PILOT VOLUNTARILY SURRENDERED HIS STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE.

## 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 IAD05CA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05CA092), Jul 4, 2005: Callahan Rotorway Exec 90 (N4359N), Weston, WV, destroyed. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons during an attempted power recovery. A factor in the accident was the pilot's failure to maintain rotor rpm, which resulted in a hard landing and…

## Other reports on N4359N (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19990621007399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990621007399A), Jun 21, 1999: Amtr EXEC90 (N4359N), Tampa, FL, Substantial damage. Experimental rw exec 90 helicopter experienced engine failure at 300 feet AGL, and the pilot auto-rotated the acft to the ground, other circumstances are…

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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