- Date
- April 5, 1987, 13:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place
- Redmond, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N32415Verbeek Rotorway
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870405008389A
- Case key
- 40607
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that while at cruise the acft developed a vibration and noise, followed by a power los. The plt then entered into an autorotation and landed onto a rough field. The acft touched down hard and then rolled onto its side. During engine inspection the drive pulley was found to have failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32415
- Reported as
- Verbeek Rotorway
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 3031
- Airframe hours
- 211
- Engine
- Rotorway RW145, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Phil Verbeek
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 3, 1986 · 57 hours before
- Departed
- Bothel, WA
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 203 total · 203 in this make and model · 187 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.