# Accident 20131005018459A: Siemens Jim ROTORWAY EXEC 162F, Nampa, ID, October 5, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 2013, 09:15 local time
- Place: Nampa, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5772° N, 116.6158° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5772&lon=-116.6158&mi=10
- Aircraft: N104BJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N104BJ-2020-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Siemens Jim ROTORWAY EXEC 162F (registry code 05605EQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/siemens-jim-rotorway-exec-162f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SIEMENS JIM ROTORWAY EXEC 162F
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 28,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14CA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131005018459A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 5, 2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 0845 N104BJ AN AMATEUR  HOMEBUILT ROTOWAY EXEC 162F DEPARTED CALDWELL, IDAHO  PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CERTIFICATE NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON A LOCAL FLIGHT.  PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT THE CONTROLS ON THE HELICOPTER BEGAN TO FEEL TIGHT AND WERE NON RESPONSIVE AT APPROXIMATELY 0915.  HE INITIATED AN AUTOROTATION AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN A FIELD IN NAMPA IDAHO, CAUGHT THE SKID ON UNDERBRUSH, THE HELICOPTER ROLLED OVER INTO AN IRRIGATION DITCH CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO  THE AIRCRAFT AND ONLY MINOR INJURIES TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

## 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 WPR14CA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA006), Oct 5, 2013: Siemens Rotorway Exec 162F (N104BJ), Nampa, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: A flight control malfunction during cruise flight for reasons that could not be determined. No follow-up examination was conducted due to a lapse in agency funding and subsequent government shutdown.

## Other reports on N104BJ (1)

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

- [Accident 20020913022979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020913022979A), Sep 13, 2002: Amtr EXEC162F (N104BJ), Overgaard, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot was practicing autorotations in the area of AZ82 (mogollon airpark) approx. 7.8 miles n.w. of the airport, he entered an autorotation @ approx. 500…

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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