# Accident 20081225856819A: Moore DM1, Salters, SC, December 25, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 25, 2008, 14:50 local time
- Place: Salters, SC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5022° N, 79.9425° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5022&lon=-79.9425&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75EW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N75EW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Moore David DM-1 (registry code 05616IX, https://openairdocs.org/model/moore-david-dm-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOORE DM1
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,315 total, 5 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081225856819A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 25, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 1450 LOCAL TIME, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT HELICOPTER OWNED BY HADDOCK FLYING SERVICE OF SALTERS, SC WAS BEING PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHILE OPERATING THIS HELICOPTER FROM A FARM FIELD AND ENROUTE TO AN ADJACENT FARM STRIP OWNED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE HELICOPTER.  AT AN APPROXIMATE ALTITUDE OF 800 TO 1000 FEET, THE HELICOPTER STARTED TO DESCEND, IT WOBBLED, SLOWED DOWN FORWARD SPEED AND IMPACTED THE FIELD WITH LITTLE OR NO CONTROL BY THE PILOT.  AFTER THE FIRST IMPACT, THE HELICOPTER THEN FLIPPED AND IMPACTED THE GROUND A SECOND TIME, EJECTING THE PILOT FORWARD OF THE HELICOPTER APPROXIMATE 50-60 FEET.  THE PASSENGER REMAINED STRAPPED IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, HE LATER RELEASED HIMSELF AND CRAWLED TO THE PILOTS SIDE.  THERE WAS NO FIRE.  BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE AIR LIFTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 ERA09LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA107), Dec 25, 2008: Moore David DM-1 (N75EW), Salters, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: A hard landing following an autorotation that resulted from the separation of the red main rotor blade cap that led to the uncontrolled movement of the cyclic, autorotation and a hard landing.

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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