Creve Coeur Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Creve Coeur, Missouri 63141
Friday, July 11, 2003 18:45 UTC

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The helicopter rolled over onto its left side during an engine run-up. The student pilot reported the helicopter became airborne during the run-up. He attempted to recover from the inadvertent lift-off by lowering the collective to the full down position, but the helicopter was already rolling to the left. The student pilot remarked, "It is this pilot's opinion that the aircraft experienced a dynamic roll over condition." He reported he did not intend to become airborne.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The inadvertent dynamic rollover of the helicopter after the helicopter became airborne during an engine run-up.

Event Information

Type of Event Incident
Event Date 7/11/2003
Event Day of the Week Friday
Time of Event 1845
Event Time Zone Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT
Event City Creve Coeur
Event State MISSOURI
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 63141
Event Date Year 2003
Event Date Month 7
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 384339N
Event Location Longitude 0903029W
Event Location Airport Creve Coeur Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 1H0
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 447
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1852 Central Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 90
Weather Observation Facility ID STL
Elevation of weather observation facility 604
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 7
Time Zone of the weather observation CDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 6500
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Few
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 29
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 17
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 260
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 11
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29.94
Density Altitude (feet) 2195
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report METAR KSTL 112252Z 26008KT 10SM FEW065 SCT110 30/1
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 14821
NTSB Notification Source FAA
NTSB Notification Date Jul 12 2003 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1845
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Jan 11 2006 2:31PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\HAMG
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office FAA-St. Louis FSDO

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N444T
NTSB Number CHI03IA207
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Minor
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Spiker Rotorway
Aircraft Model 162F
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 6138
Certified Max Gross Weight --
Aircraft Category Helicopter
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? Yes
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 2
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Jun 26 2003 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 0
Airframe Hours 129
ELT Installed No
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Clark Richter
Aircraft Owner Street Address 5501 Keller Ridge Lane
Aircraft Owner City St. Louis
Aircraft Owner State --
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 63128
Operator is an individual? Yes
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address --
Operator City --
Operator State --
Operator Country --
Operator Zip code --
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Unknown
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code IH0
Departure City Creve Coeur
Departure State MO
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1845
Departure Time Zone UTC
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code 1H0
Destination City Creve Coeur
Destination State MO
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Standing - engine(s) operating
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record Jun 22 2004 11:18AM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\HAMG
Since inspection or accident Time of Accident
Event Location Runway Number and Location --
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --