# Adler Steven H SA-1

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 05608WO
- Manufacturer (registry): ADLER STEVEN H
- Model: SA-1
- Aircraft type: Rotorcraft
- Category: Rotorcraft
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 1
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/adler-steven-h-sa-1

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

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None matched.

## Registered aircraft

None registered with this model now.

## NTSB investigations (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 DEN02LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02LA103), Sep 8, 2002: Adler SA-1 (N551SA), Mead, CO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain main rotor rpm, resulting in blade flapping, subsequent blade contact with the airframe, and loss of control.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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.

- [Accident 20020908024449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020908024449A), Sep 8, 2002: Amtr SA1 (N551SA), Mead, CO, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) Aircraft departed jefferson county airport (bjc) at 0815 MDT, with 1 POB, on 09/08/02. Eyewitness statements indicate that the pilot was experiencing…

## The same model under other registry codes

Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.

- [Sharpe SA-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/sharpe-sa-1): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056010K

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