# Accident 20080524839449A: Amtr ROTORWAY162F, Gonzales, TX, May 24, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2008, 20:11 local time
- Place: Gonzales, TX
- Airport: Gonzales Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5306° N, 97.4567° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5306&lon=-97.4567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N771SS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N771SS-2012-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Summers Robert B 162F ROTORWAY KIT (registry code 05618GI, https://openairdocs.org/model/summers-robert-b-162f-rotorway-kit) (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: 109 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08CA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA152) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080524839449A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 05/24/2008 AT 2011Z, N771SS A EXPERIMENTAL 162F ROTORWAY, S/N 6174, OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED RUNWAY 15, AT GONZALES AIRPORT (T20), AND CLIMBING AT 60 MPH FOR ALTITUDE, EXPERIENCED LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND IMPACTED THE GROUND, AT 150 YARDS FROM THE RUNWAY.  THE OPERATOR AND PASSENGER EVACUATED THE ROTORCRAFT, THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED.  MINOR INJURIES, AND VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED.

## 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 DFW08CA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA152), May 24, 2008: Rotorway 162F (N771SS), Gonzales, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: failure of the main rotor drive belt for undetermined reasons.

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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