Brice ROTORWAY EXEC 162F N627RM

Summary

On 22 April 2000 at about 17:14 local time, a Brice ROTORWAY EXEC 162F registered N627RM was involved in an accident near Kimberling, Missouri, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

22 April 2000 at 17:14

Classification

Accident

Location

Kimberling, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Kimberling Airways (M064)

Coordinates

36.6406, -93.4195

Aircraft

Brice ROTORWAY EXEC 162F

Registration

N627RM

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI00LA119

Nobody was injured.

aircraft control not being maintained by the pilot. Factors to the accident were the encountered dynamic rollover and the uneven terrain.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported, 'After normal preflight, I lifted off into a hover an air taxied approx 120' towards runway. I sat the helicopter down to turn on my avionics switch. I must not have lowered collective fully, as when I removed my hand from the cyclic, & the wind shifted (which is common at this airport) slightly to right front quarter, it displaced the rotor blades causing a dynamic rollover to the left.' The pilot stated, 'I was concentrating on my slope landing and thinking of my subsequent slope departure so thoroughly I that I did not positively notice rotor rpm dropping as I should have before taking my hand off the cyclic.' The pilot reported that the accident could have been prevented by, 'Lowering collective fully before removing hand from cyclic'.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.