# Accident 20130122000769A: Goetz Joe HELICYCLE, Mesa, AZ, January 22, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 2013, 13:30 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4564° N, 111.7236° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4564&lon=-111.7236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N143PG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N143PG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Goetz Joe HELICYCLE (registry code 05620NO, https://openairdocs.org/model/goetz-joe-helicycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GOETZ JOE HELICYCLE
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 370 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA099) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130122000769A

## Narrative

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

ON 01/22/2013 N143PG, EXPERIMENTAL HELICOPTER WAS ENROUTE TO FALCON FIELD (FFZ) AND LOST ENGINE POWER AND ENTERED AUTOROTATION.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE CORNER OF THE YARD LOCATED ON NORTH EAST CORNER OF EAST 1ST STREET AND NORTH BARKLEY, MESA, ARIZONA.  THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A FIRE HYDRANT THAT IS LOCATED IN THE CORNER OF THE YARD.

DAMAGE:  MAIN ROTOR BLADE TIPS, TAIL ROTOR SEPARATED AFTER CONTACT WITH THE GROUND, SKIDS SPREAD, LEFT FUEL TANK RUPTURED, RIGHT FUEL TANK LEAKING FROM BOTTOM, WINDSCREEN BROKEN, FUEL FILTER BROKEN FROM AIRCRAFT, TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT HAD PAINT TRANSFERENCE FROM MAIN ROTOR BLADES.

## 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 WPR13LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA099), Jan 22, 2013: Goetz Helicycle (N143PG), Mesa, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to properly install and secure the wire connecting the electronic speed controller unit to the fuel controller actuator motor, which resulted in the wire’s disconnection in flight…

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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