NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ATL87FA009
Registry · N2204Z
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
WESLEY CHARLES H KR 2
Year of manufacture
1994
Engine
VOLKSWAGEN CONVERSION (36 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19941117
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1E3FD
Registrant of record
WESLEY CHARLES H JR
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Factual narrative
THE PLT WAS IN A DESCENT TOWARD A BUILDING IN A DOWNTOWN AREA WHICH HE WANTED AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF. AT ABOUT 1700 FT AGL HE REPORTED THE HELICOPTER JERKED HARD AND YAWED TO THE LEFT. HE INITIATED AN AUTOROTATION AND DURING THE DESCENT TO THE SELECTED LANDING SITE HE HAD TO BLEED OFF ROTOR RPM TO CLEAR WIRES ACROSS THE APCH PATH. A HARD LANDING RESULTED IN A STREET INTERSECTION. POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED THE SPUR ADAPTER GEARSHAFT FORWARD SPLINES WERE SEVERELY WORN. THE FORWARD END OF THE GEARSHAFT WAS FRACTURED. THE FRACTURE HAD ORIGINATED FROM THE SHAFT SPLINE TEETH. THE OIL DELIVERY TUBE FOR THE FORWARD SPLINE LUBRICATION DID NOT MEET REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED BY THE ENGINE MANUFACTURER. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_1986_ATL87FA009.txt.
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