- Date
- March 4, 1984, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N44818Heinemann Rotorway Executive
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840304008929A
- Case key
- 31088
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Analysis
The commercial/atp plt was not rated for helicopters. He stated that 'while in flt position' to check the cyclic pressures, a strong gust of wind lifted the helicopter off the ground & rolled it over on its side. He believed that this would not have happened if the helicopter had been facing the wind. Aprx 5 mi northwest at the ft Lauderdale-hollywood interl airport, the wind was from 110 deg at 8 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44818
- Reported as
- Heinemann Rotorway Executive (ROTORWAY E)
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2933
- Airframe hours
- 30
- Engine
- Rotorway 145, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Klaus Heinemann
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- FXE · Ft. Laurdale, FL
- Airport
- Ft. Lauderdale Exec.
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
- 44
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 5 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLL, 5 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.