# Incident 20061030021009I: Amtr EXEC162F, Clinton, AR, October 30, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 2006, 11:45 local time
- Place: Clinton, AR
- Airport: Clinton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5977° N, 92.4516° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLINTON MUNI (CCA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5977&lon=-92.4516&mi=10
- Aircraft: N162HM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N162HM-2018-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mumm Hans C EXEC 162F (registry code 05602W8, https://openairdocs.org/model/mumm-hans-c-exec-162f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR EXEC162F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 55 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061030021009I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 10/30/06 AT 11:45 AM THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A CERTIFICATED PRIVATE HELICOPTER PILOT DEPARTED THE CLINTON AIRPORT (4M4) AND MADE A CIRCLING CLIMBING. HE EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE WHEN THE PISTON ROD CAME THRU THE ENGINE BLOCK. HE ENTERED AN AUTOROTATION DESCENT AND LANDED IN THE TOWN OF CLINTON AR ON HIGHWAY 16B. HE HAD A 10 MPH ROLL-OUT FROM THE AUTOROTATION AND RAN OVER A 4" PAVEMENT CURB WHICH DAMAGED THE LANDING GEAR SKID. NO INJURIES, NO PAX. ENGINE IN HOMEBUILT HELICOPTER IS A VOLKSWAGEN/PORSCH ENGINE.

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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