# NTSB CEN26LA016: Rotorway AG162, N162AD, Valley View, TX, October 13, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: October 13, 2025, 12:29 local (17:29 UTC)
- Place: Valley View, TX
- Coordinates: 33.49361, -97.16444 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4936&lon=-97.1644&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration, North Texas FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 201838
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN26LA016
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/201838/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA016

## Preliminary report

On October 13, 2025, at 1229 central daylight time, a Rotorway AG162 helicopter, N162AD, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Valley View, Texas. The pilot and passenger were uninjured. The helicopter was operated under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations as a Part 91 personal flight. The pilot stated that he was en route to Hardy Field Airport, Valley View, Texas, when there was a decrease in main rotor speed. The pilot stated that he was unable to increase rotor speed and maintain altitude with control and engine inputs. He then performed a forced landing to a field, during which the tailboom separated from the airframe and resulted in substantial damage. The helicopter was retained for examination.

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [Gomez Angel AG-162, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md?model=05632CB), [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N162AD](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N162AD), registered now, S/N 001, built 2012 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROTORWAY AG162
- Registry model: [Gomez Angel AG-162](https://openairdocs.org/model/gomez-angel-ag-162) (registry code 05632CB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rotorway RI-162F](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotorway-ri-162f) (registry code 55007, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter, amateur-built
- Serial number: 001
- Year built: 2012
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 10 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DTO, 15 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20251013014879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251013014879A), Oct 13, 2025: Gomez Angel AG-162, Valley View, TX, Substantial damage. On October 13, 2025, at approximately 1229 central daylight time, a Gomez Angel, AG-162, experimental amateur built helicopter, had an accident near Hardy…

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.

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