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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Frith Richard ROTORWAY EXEC 162F · Salado, TX · June 2, 2013

Date
June 2, 2013 · 06:40 local
Place
Salado, TX
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N999RF
Reported as
Frith Richard Rotorway Exec 162F
Reported engine
Rotorway RW-162
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot claims engine quit in flight. Pilot initiated autorotation. Flight terminated in a hard landing causing damage to the skids and tail rotor. No injuries and no fire.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT CLAIMS ENGINE QUIT IN FLIGHT. PILOT INITIATED AUTOROTATION. FLIGHT TERMINATED IN A HARD LANDING CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE SKIDS AND TAIL ROTOR. NO INJURIES AND NO FIRE.