# Incident 20090729018629I: Boykin ROTORWAYEXEC, Camarillo, CA, July 29, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2009, 19:10 local time
- Place: Camarillo, CA
- Airport: Camarillo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2138° N, 119.0944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAMARILLO (CMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2138&lon=-119.0944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N496SB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N496SB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boykin Stephen Vance ROTORWAY EXEC 162F (registry code 05621LT, https://openairdocs.org/model/boykin-stephen-vance-rotorway-exec-162f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOYKIN ROTORWAYEXEC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 161 total, 80 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090729018629I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 31, 2009 AT 1000 I MET WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT FOR HELICOPTER N6992, ROTORWAY EXEX 162F AT HIS HANGER LOCATED AT CAMARILLO AIRPORT.  I FIRST TOOK PICTURES OF THE HELICOPTER, FOCUSING ON THE TAIL ROTOR AREA THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE DAMAGE TO THE HELICOPTER WAS LOCATED.  NEXT, I INTERVIEWED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED ON JULY 29, 2009 HE SAID ON OR ABOUT 1900 HE WAS ON THE HELICOPTER PAD HOVERING ABOUT ONE FOOT OFF THE GROUND WHEN A GUST OF WIND LIFTED UP THE HELICOPTER TAIL ROTOR AND TILTED THE NOSE OF THE HELICOPTER FORWARD WHEN THAT HAPPENED HE PULLED THE CYCLIC STICK BACK TO COUNTER THE FORWARD MOVEMENT OF THE HELICOPTER IN DOING SO HE OVER CORRECTED AND THAT'S WHEN THE TAIL ROTOR HIT THE GROUND.

## Other reports on N496SB (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20070325003829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070325003829A), Mar 25, 2007: Amtr ROTORWAY162F (N496SB), Camarillo, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) On March 25th 2007, N496SB an amateur built rotorway exec 162F helicopter crashed during an attempted landing at Camarillo Airport (cma). The pilot and…

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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