# Accident 20080326832449A: Doug 600N, Waverly, OH, March 26, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2008, 19:00 local time
- Place: Waverly, OH
- Airport: Pike County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1667° N, 82.9281° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1667&lon=-82.9281&mi=10
- Aircraft: N160KC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N160KC-2008-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: MD Helicopters 600N (registry code 3030003, https://openairdocs.org/model/md-helicopters-600n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C47 series (registry code 03029, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c47-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG 600N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,300 total, 1,250 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08CA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080326832449A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROX. 1900 EDT PILOT EXECUTED A PRACTICE VISUAL APPROACH TO PKE COUNTY AIRPORT (KEON) IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. DURING THE FLARE FOR LANDING, DUE TO HAVING SET THE FRICTION LOCK, THE PILOT OVERCONTROLLED THE COLLECTIVE CAUSING THE TAIL TO STRIKE THE GROUND. THIS DAMAGED THE NOTAR (NO TAIL ROTOR) TAIL BOOM, AND SUBSEQUENTLY CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO THEN NOSE DOWN STRIKING THE GROUND. THE ROTOR BLADES STRUCK THE TAIL AND THE GROUND CAUSING DESTRUCTION OF THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR POST-CRASH FIRE. MAINTENANCE RECORDS WERE REVIEWED AND NO DISCREPANCIES FOUND.

## 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 CHI08CA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA098), Mar 26, 2008: McDonnell Douglas 600N (N160KC), Waverly, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare.

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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