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ERA23LA233

2023-05-10 · Akron, Ohio, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

The non-certificated pilot’s failure to maintain control of the unregistered helicopter during landing.

Factual narrative

The pilot/owner was operating the unregistered experimental helicopter in his back yard, when he attempted to lift the skids off the ground “a few inches.” When the pilot set the helicopter back down on the ground, it rolled over onto its left side resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage. The main rotor system, including the controls for the cyclic were also damaged from impact. Though the pilot held a private pilot certificate with a rating for airplane single-engine land, he was not certificated to act as a pilot in helicopters. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

FAA avdata. C = Cause, F = Factor.

  • — Personnel issues-Task performance-Use of equip/info-Aircraft control-Pilot

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2023_ERA23LA233.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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