- Date
- November 12, 1990, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Keysville, VA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N514RTTaylor Rotorway Executive
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901112049709A
- Case key
- 11643
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Probable cause
A jammed engine throttle cable. Factors related to the accident are inadequate maintenance inspection and low rotor RPM.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt reported he was en route at about 1000 AGL when the engine began to overspeed. He stated the throttle was ineffective. He shutdown the engine and made an autorotation landing in an field. During the approach he used collective to clear trees, and consequently the rotor RPM reduced to 400 RPM. He landed hard, collasping the left landing skid and the aircraft rolled over to the left. Examination of the acft revealed the throttle control cable, which is routed forward of the engine starter ring gear, became lodged in the gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N514RT
- Reported as
- Taylor Rotorway Executive (ROTORWAY E)
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 3123
- Airframe hours
- 110
- Engine
- Rotorway RW-152, 152 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Vincent James Misti, Jr.
- Registered owner
- Donald Huot
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 10, 1990 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- W78 · South Boston, VA
- Destination
- W83 · Ashland, VA
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 680 total · 12 in this make and model · 572 as pilot in command · 43 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 14 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 45 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LYH
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.