- Date
- September 7, 1984, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lehi, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5211FRotorway Rotorway Executive
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840907047659A
- Case key
- 16256
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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 student plt was practicing hover taxiing at the abandoned arpt. While taxiing the right skid hit a 3 inch high moundof dirt. The acft bounced up and rolled to the left. The plt attempted to correct using the cyclic but the acft began to roll further to the left and right about the longitudinal axis. The plt lower the collective, the acft landed on the left skid and rolled over. The student pilot had logged a total of 8 hours of flt time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5211F
- Reported as
- Rotorway Rotorway Executive (ROTORWAY E)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- B2001
- Airframe hours
- 161
- Engine
- Rotorway RW145, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ray Lamar Bradshaw
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8 total · 8 in this make and model · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.