# Accident 20080727841709A: Amtr ROTORWAY162F, Graysville, TN, July 27, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2008, 16:20 local time
- Place: Graysville, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4517° N, 85.0650° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4517&lon=-85.0650&mi=10
- Aircraft: N412TS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N412TS-2008-08-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sands Thomas E ROTORWAY 162F (registry code 05619C1, https://openairdocs.org/model/sands-thomas-e-rotorway-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
- Reported engine: AMTRRW RI162F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 88 total, 17 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08LA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08LA259) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080727841709A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING NORMAL FLIGHT PILOT NOTICED A VIBRATION AND STARTED EXPERIENCING CYCLIC CONTROL PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRCRAFT.  THE CYCLIC CONTROL HAD UNUSUAL FEEL AND HAD TO BE FORCED IN DESIRED POSITION, AS FLIGHT CONTINUED THE CYCLIC CONTROL WORSENED AND PILOT COULD NOT MAINTAIN STRAIGHT AND LEVEL FLIGHT.  AS PILOT TRIED TO MAKE CORRECTIONS THE PROBLEM GOT WORSE.  ALL OTHER SYSTEMS INDICATED NORMAL.  PILOT DECIDED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AND STARTED THE AUTOROTATION PROCEDURES.  AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND APPEARED TO HAVE BOUNCED AND TOUCHED DOWN A SECOND TIME ABOUT 10 FEET FROM THE FIRST TOUCH DOWN SPOT.  THE AIRCRAFT ALSO APPEARED TO HAVE TOUCHED DOWN AT AN ANGLE; THE RIGHT SIDE WAS FOLDED UNDERNEATH THE AIRCRAFT WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO ROLL TO THE RIGHT.  THE MAIN ROTOR STRUCK THE GROUND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SELF DESTRUCT; IT CAME TO REST ON ITS RIGHT SIDE.  LEAKING FUEL CAUGHT FIRE AND THE AIRCRAFT BURNED.

## 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 NYC08LA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08LA259), Jul 27, 2008: Sands Thomas E Rotorway 162 (N412TS), Graysville, TN, destroyed. Probable cause: A loss of control 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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