# Accident 20150314004659A: Richard Fuist ROTORWAY TALON A600, Indian Lake Est, FL, March 14, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 2015, 14:08 local time
- Place: Indian Lake Est, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.8167° N, 81.3822° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8167&lon=-81.3822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N220AF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N220AF-2015-09-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Richard Fuist ROTORWAY TALON A600 (registry code 05633MC, https://openairdocs.org/model/richard-fuist-rotorway-talon-a600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotorway RI-162F (registry code 55007, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotorway-ri-162f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RICHARD FUIST ROTORWAY TALON A600
- Reported engine: ROTORWAY RI 162F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 54 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA155) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150314004659A

## Narrative

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

PILOT OF N220AF, AN EXPERIMENTAL HELICOPTER, ROTORWAY TALON A600, DEPARTED ON MARCH 14, 2015, AT APPROXIMATELY 13.45 PM LOCAL TIME IN VMC CONDITIONS FROM WINTER HAVENS GILBERT  AIRPORT, FLORIDA (GIF), ENROUTE TO AN AREA EAST OF LAKE WEOHYAKOPKA AT INDIAN LAKE ESTATES, FLORIDA.

ON SHORT FINAL TO A GRASSY AREA NEXT TO THE LAKE, AT APPROXIMATELY 14.08 PM LOCAL TIME, THE STUDENT PILOT  FELT A STRONG PULL OF THE CYCLIC CONTROL TO THE LEFT SIDE, FOR WHICH HE ATTEMPTED TO COUNTERACT BY PUSHING THE CYCLIC CONTROL TO THE RIGHT.

ABOUT 20 TO 30 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE  HELICOPTER, WHICH THEN BANKED TO THE LEFT SIDE AND LANDED HARD IN THE GRASS AREA COMING TO REST ON ITS RIGHT SIDE. THE PILOT EXPERIENCED MINOR INJURIES AND THE HELICOPTER WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## 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 ERA15LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA155), Mar 14, 2015: Richard Fuist Rotorway Talon (N220AF), Indian Lake Estates, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of helicopter control following an uncommanded increased left cyclic pressure during landing for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the helicopter…

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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