# Incident 20050924021629I: Amtr EXEC162F, Chapin, SC, September 24, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2005, 10:45 local time
- Place: Chapin, SC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1653° N, 81.3393° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chapin, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1653&lon=-81.3393&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29341, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N29341) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Derrick B A/Derrick JB EXEC 162F (registry code 05617H9, https://openairdocs.org/model/derrick-b-a-derrick-jb-exec-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 EXEC162F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 55 total, 55 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050924021629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE HELICOPTER LOST POWER WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 1000' AGL AND THE STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ LANDED HARD IN THE CENTER OF CHAPIN, SC HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FIELD COLLAPSING THE LANDING SKIDS OF THE HELICOPTER. MINOR INJURIES TO PASSENGER'S ^PRIVACY DATA^ WIFE ^PRIVAC^. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THE A/C LOST ROTOR SPEED DUE TO THE FACT THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SLIPPED HER LEFT ARM OUT OF HER SHOULDER STRAP TO BE ABLE TO REACH FORWARD TO MAKE A GPS RANGE ADJUSTMENT. AS SHE SLIPPED HER ARM OUT OF THE LEFT SHOULDER STRAP, THE STRAP CAUGHT THE IDLER PULLY/CLUTCH T HANDLE (LOCATED BETWEEN THE TWO SEATS AT SHOULDER HEIGHT) WHEN SHE LEANED FORWARD THIS CAUSED THE ROTOR TO BECOME DISENGAGED BY PULLING THE T HANDLE FORWARD. THUS DISENGAGING THE CLUTCH.

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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