- Date
- January 9, 1988, 11:29 local (18:29 UTC)
- Place
- Colorado Spring, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7007BRotorway Executive
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880109000329A
- Case key
- 17434
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt contacted ground control & was cleared to taxi from a hangar on the south end of the arpt to a hangar on the north end via twy-a. twy-a was located 400' west & parallel to rwy 17/35. The plt said he was air taxiing the helicopter just above the surface at 3 to 5 KTS when an air force C-141 made a touch-&-go landing on rwy 17. The C-141 lifted off about 500 to 1000 ft ahead of the helicopter & was at an estd 50 to 100 ft AGL when it passed abeam of the helicopter's psn. Shortly thereafter, the helicopter enctrd wake turbulence from the C-141. The plt tried to compensate for pitching & rolling, but the helicopter touched down hard & was damaged. The wind was rprtd from 130 deg at 5 KTS. The plt was certificated for fixed wing acft & was endorsed to air taxi this helicopter, make hover turns & fly in ground effect below translation speed (15 KTS). The ATC handbook did not specifically address air taxiing, but it required 3 min sepn bhnd a hvy jet depg or making a low/missed apch on the same or parallel rwy w/i 2500'.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7007B
- Reported as
- Rotorway Executive
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2924
- Airframe hours
- 197
- Engine
- Rotorway RW-152, 152 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Barthleson, Jerry L.
- Registered owner
- Jerry L Bartleson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Airport
- COS · Colorado Springs Muni
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 281 total · 31 in this make and model · 185 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 65 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- COS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.