# Accident 20250313004029A: Caldwell C W 162F, Mounds, OK, March 13, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2025, 16:42 local time
- Place: Mounds, OK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8697° N, 96.0620° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8697&lon=-96.0620&mi=10
- Aircraft: N124CW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N124CW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Caldwell C W 162F (registry code 05617UR, https://openairdocs.org/model/caldwell-c-w-162f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CALDWELL C W 162F
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA123) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250313004029A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS COMING IN FOR A LANDING IN A GRASS FIELD.  PILOT THOUGHT THE TAIL ROTOR WAS STARTING TO LET LOOSE. HE APPLIED OPPOSITE TORQUE INPUT AND LANDED.  ON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OVER WITH THE MAIN ROTOR HITTING THE GROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONSUMED IN FIRE. THE PASSENGER SUFFERED 3RD DEGREE BURNS.

## 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 CEN25LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA123), Mar 13, 2025: Caldwell C W 162F (N124CW), Mounds, OK, destroyed. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain control of the helicopter during a precautionary landing, which resulted in a dynamic roll over and postimpact fire.

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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