# Accident 20100209026999A: Earle Rober AIR CAM, Everett, WA, February 9, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 2010, 16:41 local time
- Place: Everett, WA
- Airport: Paine Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Location: 47.9569° N, 122.2814° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9569&lon=-122.2814&mi=10
- Aircraft: N125AC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N125AC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Earle Robert J AIR CAM (registry code 056078L, https://openairdocs.org/model/earle-robert-j-air-cam) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EARLE ROBER AIR CAM
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10CA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA132) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100209026999A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATIONED AT THE END OF HANGAR FOR TAXI. WAITED FOR GROUND CONTROL CLEARANCE WHEN ARMY HELICOPTER FLEW RIGHT ON TOP AND WAKE TURBULENCE FLIPPED THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT OVER. NO INJURIES. PILOT EVACUATED SAFELY.

## 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 WPR10CA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA132), Feb 10, 2010: Leza Lockwood Air Cam (N125AC), Everett, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent encounter with the rotor downwash from a hovering heavy-lift helicopter.

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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