# Accident 20100423055709A: Seymour Rob ROTORWAY 16, Dallas, GA, April 23, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2010, 13:00 local time
- Place: Dallas, GA
- Airport: Paulding Nw Atlanta
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9143° N, 84.9397° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9143&lon=-84.9397&mi=10
- Aircraft: N831MS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N831MS-2019-01-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Seymour Robert M ROTORWAY 162F (registry code 056235A, https://openairdocs.org/model/seymour-robert-m-rotorway-162f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotorway RI-162F (registry code 55007, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotorway-ri-162f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SEYMOUR ROB ROTORWAY 16
- Reported engine: ROTORWAY RI 162F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 285 total, 19 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA242](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA242) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100423055709A

## Narrative

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

PRIVATE PILOT, ASEL RATED, WAS HOVERING HIS HELICOPTER AFTER RECEIVING THE PROPER ENDORSEMENT FOR OPERATING AN ADDITIONAL CATEGORY/CLASS (PRIVATELY OWNED). THE PILOT ACCIDENTALLY HOOKED A SKID WHILE HOVERING AND DYNAMICALLY ROLLED OVER. THOUGHT HE WAS HIGH AND THOUGHT THE SKID WAS CLEAR OF THE PAVEMENT.  RECOMMENDED THAT HE CONCENTRATED ON MAINTAING PROPER HOVERING ALTITUDE WHILE TRANSLATING UNTIL STOPPED AT A HOVER AND THEN DESCEND PROPERLY TO THE SURFACE.

## 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 ERA10CA242](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA242), Apr 23, 2010: Seymour Robert M Rotorway 162F (N831MS), Dallas, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain control of the helicopter during landing resulting in a roll over.

## Other reports on N831MS (1)

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

- [Accident 20080309836509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080309836509A), Mar 9, 2008: Amtr ROTORWAY162F (N831MS), Cartersville, GA, Substantial damage. (-23)A call was received on 03/11/2008 at 1400 hrs from [privacy data omitted] reporting that his rotorway 162F helicopter had sustained structural damage…

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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