# Accident 20110423009559A: D & D Aircraft ROTORWAY EXEC, Massillon, OH, April 23, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2011, 15:45 local time
- Place: Massillon, OH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7969° N, 81.5211° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7969&lon=-81.5211&mi=10
- Aircraft: N614S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N614S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: D & D ROTORWAY EXEC (registry code 13017GQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/d-d-rotorway-exec) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotorway RW152 (registry code 55006, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotorway-rw152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: D & D AIRCRAFT ROTORWAY EXEC
- Reported engine: ROTORWAY RW152
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 40 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11LA305](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA305) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110423009559A

## Narrative

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

CRUISE AT 2000' MSL 2 MILES SOUTH OF WAYNE COUNTY AIRPORT THE PILOT SAID THE ENGINE WENT THROUGH 10,000 RPM HE THAN AUTO ROTAED INTO A CORN FIELD WHICH WAS SLOPED AND AT THE FLARE THE TAIL BOOM HIT THE GROUND THEN THE HELICOPTER WENT ON ITS LEFT SIDE STRIKING THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES PILOT GOT OUT WITH NO 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 CEN11LA305](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA305), Apr 23, 2011: D & D Rotorway Exec (N614S), Massillon, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The excessive wear on the secondary shaft, from the inner bearing race, which resulted in the transmission clutch disengagement and a loss of power to the rotor system.

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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