20141109019429A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Aircraft · Aquebogue, NY · November 9, 2014

Date
November 9, 2014 · 15:57 local
Place
Aquebogue, NY
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Ultralight vehicle (Part 103)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
NONE
Reported engine
Compact Ra MZ202
People aboard
1
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.

privacy data omitted, Was flying his ultralight helicopter, mosquito xel, when the engine lost power. He imediately entered an autorotation and landed on a sod field. Prior to touchdown, he flared the helicopter and the tail boom contacted the ground. The tail bounced upward and the main rotor drooped down and contacted the tailboom. The tail rotor gearbox and blades wwere ripped from the tail boom. The helicopter came to rest upright. The pilot was able to remove himself from the cockpit. There was a fuel leak into the cockpit. Aircraft was trucked to the owner's home. No further action required.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS FLYING HIS ULTRALIGHT HELICOPTER, MOSQUITO XEL, WHEN THE ENGINE LOST POWER. HE IMEDIATELY ENTERED AN AUTOROTATION AND LANDED ON A SOD FIELD. PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, HE FLARED THE HELICOPTER AND THE TAIL BOOM CONTACTED THE GROUND. THE TAIL BOUNCED UPWARD AND THE MAIN ROTOR DROOPED DOWN AND CONTACTED THE TAILBOOM. THE TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX AND BLADES WWERE RIPPED FROM THE TAIL BOOM. THE HELICOPTER CAME TO REST UPRIGHT. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO REMOVE HIMSELF FROM THE COCKPIT. THERE WAS A FUEL LEAK INTO THE COCKPIT. AIRCRAFT WAS TRUCKED TO THE OWNER'S HOME. NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED.