# Accident 20070325003829A: Amtr ROTORWAY162F, Camarillo, CA, March 25, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 2007, 08:40 local time
- Place: Camarillo, CA
- Airport: Camarillo Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2139° N, 119.0944° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2139&lon=-119.0944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N496SB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N496SB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boykin Stephen Vance ROTORWAY EXEC 162F (registry code 05621LT, https://openairdocs.org/model/boykin-stephen-vance-rotorway-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 ROTORWAY162F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 19 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA07CA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070325003829A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 25TH 2007, N496SB AN AMATEUR BUILT ROTORWAY EXEC 162F HELICOPTER CRASHED DURING AN ATTEMPTED LANDING AT CAMARILLO AIRPORT (CMA). THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT ^PRIVACY DA^ WAS UNINJURED BUT THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. INSPECTION OF THE DAMAGED AIRCRAFT REVEALED NO MECHANICAL ANOMALIES.

## 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 SEA07CA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA084), Mar 25, 2007: Boykin Rotorway Exec 162F (N496SB), Camarillo, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain main rotor RPM resulting in an uncontrolled descent to a hard landing. A contributing factor was his lack of experience in make and model of aircraft.

## Other reports on N496SB (1)

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

- [Incident 20090729018629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090729018629I), Jul 29, 2009: Boykin ROTORWAYEXEC (N496SB), Camarillo, CA, Minor damage. On July 31, 2009 at 1000 I met with [privacy data omitted] pilot for helicopter N6992, rotorway exex 162F at his hanger located at Camarillo Airport. I first…

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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