- Date
- May 14, 1989, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Oklahoma City, OK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N28276Fields Rotorway Exec
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890514011529A
- Case key
- 22698
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain proper altitude during the hover taxi.
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 nonrated pilot was maneuvering the helicopter, in a hover taxi, from side to side, when the right skid caught in the grass and dirt. The aircraft rolled over. The pilot would not provide information regarding his flight experience or training background.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28276
- Reported as
- Fields Rotorway Exec (ROTORWAY E)
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 3074
- Engine
- Rotorway RW-145, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Honiker, Thomas P.
- Registered owner
- Diamond Tf Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 30, 1983
- Airport
- OK15 · Sundance Airpark
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
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.