York Ronald J ROTORWAY 162F accident near Berlin, VT
On June 5, 2009, a York Ronald J ROTORWAY 162F (helicopter) was involved in an accident near Berlin, VT. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 5, 2009
- Place
- Berlin, VT
- Aircraft
- York Ronald J ROTORWAY 162F · Helicopter
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 44.203°N, 72.562°W
- NTSB ID
- 20090605X40032
Official records · ERA09LA323
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
On June 5, 2009, about 1210 eastern daylight time, an experimental, amateur-built, Rotorway 162F, N162RY, was destroyed in a post crash fire following an impact with terrain, while approaching Edward F. Knapp State Airport (MPV), Berlin, Vermont. The certificated private pilot was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed for the local personal flight, which was conducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. According to a witness, he was looking out a rear door of a building when he saw the helicopter traveling southwest, toward the airport. At the time, the engine sounded "strong." The witness then heard a "pop noise," and the helicopter nosed down, "straight into the ground." Another witness was at a yard sale when he saw the helicopter heading for the airport. He looked down at a sales table, heard a "big pop" and then saw the helicopter "descending down." The witness subsequently proceeded in his truck to the accident scene, where he found the helicopter in flames. A third witness was outside her office when she heard a "strange noise from an aircraft." She looked up and saw a "small helicopter pitching nose down and it immediately went completely nose down and crashed on the other side of the trees." A fourth witness was driving along a road northwest of the airport. As she was doing so, she saw "something fall from the sky" northwest of the road. "It was metallic and long and skinny," and 10 to 20 feet in length. Subsequent searches of the area, which were wooded, did not yield any items
Probable cause
A loss of control in flight for undetermined reasons.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
