# Incident 20080515835869I: Cobb ROTORWAY162F, Chandler, AZ, May 15, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2008, 08:35 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Airport: Chandler Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2691° N, 111.8111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHANDLER MUNI (CHD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2691&lon=-111.8111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90384, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N90384) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cobb Intl Inc/Rotorway Intl 162F (registry code 05617ZE, https://openairdocs.org/model/cobb-intl-inc-rotorway-intl-162f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotorway RI-600N (registry code 55009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotorway-ri-600n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COBB ROTORWAY162F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 65 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080515835869I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT/CFI AND STUDENT WERE PRACTICING POWER-RECOVERY AUTOROTATIONS ONTO A TAXIWAY AT CHD. DURING ONE OF THE POWER-RECOVERY ATTEMPTS, THE MAIN ROTOR RPM DID NOT MAINTAIN NORMAL POWER RECOVERY CHARACTERISTICS AND DECAYED ABNORMALLY. THE PILOT/CFI FLARED THE VEHICLE AND CONTINUED THE AUTOROTATION TO TOUCHDOWN. THE ONLY DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE WAS MINOR TO THE 2 TAIL ROTOR BLADE TIPS. THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES AND AIRFRAME RECEIVED NO DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS.

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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