# Accident 20170916019469A: Gaddis Michael EXEC 162-F, Plymouth, IN, September 16, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2017, 17:16 local time
- Place: Plymouth, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3458° N, 86.2919° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3458&lon=-86.2919&mi=10
- Aircraft: N123XZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N123XZ-2018-09-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gaddis Michael EXEC 162-F (registry code 05610U3, https://openairdocs.org/model/gaddis-michael-exec-162-f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GADDIS MICHAEL EXEC 162-F
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 392 total, 250 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17LA365](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA365) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170916019469A

## Narrative

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

PIC AND PASSENGER DEPARTED C65 AND APPROXIMATELY 1645 EST.  WHILE AIRBORNE APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES, PIC AND PASSENGER HEARD STRANGE NOISE.  PIC ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO C65 WHEN HE NOTICED HIS ENGINE RPM'S REDLINE AND HIS ROTOR HEAD SPEED DECREASE.  THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO AUTO-ROTATE TO A PARKING LOT NEARBY.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A CORNFIELD.  NO INJURY TO PIC, PASSENGER OR PERSONS ON THE GROUND.  NO POST-CRASH FIRE.  AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO TAIL BOOM, SKIDS, AND ROTOR BLADE.

## 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 CEN17LA365](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA365), Sep 16, 2017: Gaddis Michael Exec 162 F (N123XZ), Plymouth, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: A failure of the drive belt for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.

## Other reports on N123XZ (1)

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

- [Accident 20150226002949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150226002949A), Feb 26, 2015: Gaddis Michael EXEC 162-F (N123XZ), Plymouth, IN, Substantial damage. Pilot stated that after taking off from his parents house by cook lake on a northeast heading to return to C65 at approximately 3 miles south of the airport…

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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