- Date
- April 22, 2000, 12:14 local (17:14 UTC)
- Place
- Kimberling, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N627RMBrice Rotorway Exec 162F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000422040289A
- Case key
- 49043
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Probable cause
aircraft control not being maintained by the pilot. Factors to the accident were the encountered dynamic rollover and the uneven terrain.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported, 'After normal preflight, I lifted off into a hover an air taxied approx 120' towards runway. I sat the helicopter down to turn on my avionics switch. I must not have lowered collective fully, as when I removed my hand from the cyclic, & the wind shifted (which is common at this airport) slightly to right front quarter, it displaced the rotor blades causing a dynamic rollover to the left.' The pilot stated, 'I was concentrating on my slope landing and thinking of my subsequent slope departure so thoroughly I that I did not positively notice rotor rpm dropping as I should have before taking my hand off the cyclic.' The pilot reported that the accident could have been prevented by, 'Lowering collective fully before removing hand from cyclic'.
Factual narrative
On April 22, 2000, at 1214 central daylight time, a Brice Rotorway Exec 162F, N627RM, owned/built/piloted by a airline transport pilot, sustained substantial damage when the helicopter rolled-over following a loss of control at the Kimberling Airways Airport, Kimberling City, Missouri. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was operating under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 and was not on a flight plan. The pilot, the sole occupant, reported no injuries. The local flight was originating at the time of the accident.
According to the pilot's written statement, "After normal preflight, I lifted off into a hover an air taxied approx 120' towards runway. I sat the helicopter down to turn on my avionics switch. I must not have lowered collective fully, as when I removed my hand from the cyclic, & the wind shifted (which is common at this airport) slightly to right front quarter, it displaced the rotor blades causing a dynamic rollover to the left." The pilot stated, "I was concentrating on my slope landing and thinking of my subsequent slope departure so thoroughly I that I did not positively notice rotor rpm dropping as I should have before taking my hand off the cyclic." The pilot reported that the accident could have been prevented by, "Lowering collective fully before removing hand from cyclic".
Aircraft
- Registration
- N627RM
- Reported as
- Brice Rotorway Exec 162F (ROTORWAY E)
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 6203
- Airframe hours
- 61
- Engine
- Rotorway 162F, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roanald Ray Brice
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 7, 1999 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- MO64
- Airport
- M064 · Kimberling Airways
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
- 60
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 25,221 total · 78 in this make and model · 23,570 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HRO, 25 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.