Verbeek ROTORWAY N32415
5 April 1987 · Redmond, Washington, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 5 April 1987 at about 20:10 local time, a Verbeek ROTORWAY registered N32415 was involved in an accident near Redmond, Washington, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 20:10
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Redmond, Washington, United States
- Coordinates
- 47.7395, -122.1998
- Aircraft
- Verbeek ROTORWAY
- Registration
- N32415
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Bothel → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- SEA87LA075
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
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.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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