# NTSB ERA25LA034: Hunt Exec 162F, N162AP, North East, PA, October 17, 2024 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: October 17, 2024, 10:43 local (14:43 UTC) - Place: North East, PA - Coordinates: 42.185208, -79.897985 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1852&lon=-79.8980&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Dynamic rollover](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/231) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 195419 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA25LA034 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/195419/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195419 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA034 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the helicopter during landing following an encounter with an unanticipated wind gust, which resulted in a dynamic rollover. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Hunt Jeffrey Scott EXEC 162F, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=05612D9), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Experience/qualifications: qualification/certification](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031010): Personnel issues › Experience/knowledge · Pilot; cases with it: [Hunt Jeffrey Scott EXEC 162F, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031010/cases.md?model=05612D9), [All aircraft, 280 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031010/cases.md) - [Wind: gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Response/compensation (probable cause); cases with it: [Hunt Jeffrey Scott EXEC 162F, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md?model=05612D9), [All aircraft, 1,199 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Dynamic rollover](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/231) (defining event); cases with it: [Hunt Jeffrey Scott EXEC 162F, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/231/sequence.md?model=05612D9), [All aircraft, 161 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/231/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot, who did not hold a rotorcraft helicopter rating, was performing a spot landing in the helicopter in relatively calm wind conditions. He stated that upon touchdown on the right skid, an unanticipated wind gust from the left pushed the helicopter forward and to the right, after which the helicopter dynamically rolled over to the right. The helicopter’s tailboom and main rotor blades were substantially damaged during the accident sequence. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the helicopter that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N162AP](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N162AP), registered now, S/N 6616 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: HUNT Exec 162F - Registry model: [Hunt Jeffrey Scott EXEC 162F](https://openairdocs.org/model/hunt-jeffrey-scott-exec-162f) (registry code 05612D9) (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: 6616 - Year built: 2007 - Airframe hours: 180 - Engines: ROTORWAY RI 162F 150 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Last inspection: Annual, June 23, 2023, 140 hours before - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: PN40, Moorhead Airpark, runway 08, 2,000 × 150 ft, grass/turf - Equipment: Satellite tracking device, Electronic primary flight display, ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 82; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; last flight review April 17, 2023; seat: left; flight hours: 3,800 total, 80 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 350° at 5 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 2,300 ft broken - Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 41 °F - Altimeter: 30.36 inHg - Observed at: KERI, 14 nm away - METAR: SPECI KERI 171411Z 35005KT 10SM BKN023 11/05 A3036 RMK AO2 T01110050 ## 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 20241017016389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241017016389A), Oct 17, 2024: Rotorway EXEC 162F, North East, PA, Substantial damage. On October 17, 2024, at approximately 1043 eastern standard time an exec 162F, an experimental rotorcraft, crashed at moorehead airpark (PN40), North East, PA.… ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 21, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195419. 11.7 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 10.3 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18009523&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120.1%20Full_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Memorandum for record a�� telephone interview, pilot (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 74 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17923533&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=MOR%20Pilot%20interview-Rel.pdf - Investigation photographs (item 3, PDF, 4 pages, 1.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17924776&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigation%20Photographs-Rel.pdf - FAA inspector's statement (item 4, PDF, 2 pages, 101 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18001157&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=DUER_FAA%20Inspector%20Statement_20241101-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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