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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr EXEC162F · Oxford, ME · November 18, 2006

Date: November 18, 2006 · 10:30 local
Place: Oxford, ME
Airport: Oxford County Regional Airport
Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3130A
Reported as: Amtr EXEC162F
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 20,000 total4 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot aborted the takeoff after reaching approximately 50 knots airspeed because of a high rotor RPM indication. During the touchdown segment, the aircraft touched down hard on the aft skids with the tail low. The surface that the aircraft contacted was soft mud approximately 100 yards off the departure end of runway 33. The aircraft received damage to the skids and tail rotor blades.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AFTER REACHING APPROXIMATELY 50 KNOTS AIRSPEED BECAUSE OF A HIGH ROTOR RPM INDICATION. DURING THE TOUCHDOWN SEGMENT, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD ON THE AFT SKIDS WITH THE TAIL LOW. THE SURFACE THAT THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED WAS SOFT MUD APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 33. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE SKIDS AND TAIL ROTOR BLADES.