# Accident 20140621010309A: Payne Tim G/ Payne Joseph L EXEC 162-F, Mccoordsville, IN, June 21, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2014, 10:00 local time
- Place: Mccoordsville, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8589° N, 85.9092° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8589&lon=-85.9092&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6828D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6828D-2018-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Payne Tim G/ Payne Joseph L EXEC 162-F (registry code 05608IJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/payne-tim-g-payne-joseph-l-exec-162-f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotorway RW-145 series (registry code 55005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotorway-rw-145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PAYNE TIM G/ PAYNE JOSEPH L EXEC 162-F
- Reported engine: ROTORWAY N/A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14LA307](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA307) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140621010309A

## Narrative

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

JUNE 21, 2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 A.M. LOCAL TIME, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT ROTORWAY EXEC 162-F HELICOPTER, SERIAL NUMBER 6460, SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE FOLLOWING AN EMERGENCY LANDING ATTEMPT IN A FIELD IN MCCORDSVILLE, INDIANA; JUST NORTH OF THE INDIANAPOLIS REGIONAL AIRPORT. THE UNITED STATES REGISTERED ?N? NUMBER IS N6828D.

A WITNESS OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT AS IT WAS CROSSING COUNTY ROAD 500 NORTH IN MCCORDSVILLE, INDIANA, HEADED IN A NORTH DIRECTION AND IN A SHALLOW DECENT. THIS WITNESS EXPRESSED HEARING WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS A "BAD MOTORCYCLE ENGINE THROTTLING UP AND DOWN." THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTING THE GROUND.

THE PILOT OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT HEARD A LOUD BANG AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FT ALTITUDE WITH AN IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED AN AUTO ROTATION LANDING IN A BEAN FIELD JUST NORTH OF HIS DEPARTURE LOCATION. AFTER TOUCHING DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT SLID FORWARD APPROXIMATELY 11 FEET, AT WHICH POINT THE FORWARD TIPS OF THE SKIDS STUCK IN THE WET SOIL AND THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED FORWARD ONTO ITS NOSE. THIS RESULTED IN THE ROTOR BLADE STRIKING THE GROUND, WHICH THREW THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT AND ONTO ITS LEFT SIDE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS HEADED IN A NORTH/NORTHWEST DIRECTION WHEN THE LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED AND CAME TO REST FACING A DIRECTION OF APPROXIMATELY 070 DEGREES. THE PILOT DID NOT REPORT IRREGULARITIES WITH THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO HEARING THE LOUD BANG AND EXPERIENCING THE LOSS OF POWER.

THE AIRCRAFT IS REGISTERED TO THE PILOT WHO WAS OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91. DAY VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THIS FLIGHT. THE WEATHER REPORTED AT MQJ (GREENFIELD, INDIANA) AT 10:40 LOCAL TIME:  WIND 010 DEGREES @ 5 KTS, TEMPERATURE 23 DEGREES C, ALTIMETER 30.01, VISIBILITY 10 MILES.

## 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 CEN14LA307](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA307), Jun 21, 2014: Rotorway Exec 162F (N6828D), Mt. Comfort, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s installation of an unauthorized main rotor belt and his subsequent failure to properly inspect the belt, which resulted in inadequate belt tension, the belt’s failure, and the subsequent…

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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