20081109851879A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Randa Rotorwayexec · Middletown, DE · November 9, 2008

Date
November 9, 2008 · 12:49 local
Place
Middletown, DE
Airport
Summit
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N103DE
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA09CA045
Reported as
Randa Rotorwayexec
Reported engine
AMTRRW ROTWY152
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) privacy data omitted stated she was doing an engine run to test the chain oiling system. She was exercising the cyclic to check the travel, and a gust of wind hit the aircraft and blew the aircraft over.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED SHE WAS DOING AN ENGINE RUN TO TEST THE CHAIN OILING SYSTEM. SHE WAS EXERCISING THE CYCLIC TO CHECK THE TRAVEL, AND A GUST OF WIND HIT THE AIRCRAFT AND BLEW THE AIRCRAFT OVER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.