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NTSB Accident and Incident Data
NTSB Identification: IAD05LA080
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Sunday, June 19, 2005 in Hammonton, NJ
Aircraft: Navickas Load Runner 2000, registration: N200LR
Injuries: 2 Fatal.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.
On June 19, 2005, about 0745 eastern daylight time, an amateur built Load Runner 2000 helicopter, N200LR, was destroyed when it impacted trees near Hammonton, New Jersey. The private pilot and the passenger were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed for the flight between private property in Elmer, New Jersey, and Hammonton Municipal Airport (N81), Hammonton, New Jersey. The personal flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
According to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector, family members reported that the pilot and passenger were proceeding to Hammonton for fuel. The helicopter took off about 0720, and about 1100, the family contacted the airport and discovered that the helicopter never arrived. A search was subsequently initiated by state and local authorities, and the wreckage was found on June 21, 2005.
Two FAA inspectors conducted an on-scene examination of the wreckage. According to one of the inspectors, the wreckage was located in a wooded area, about 200 yards east of the Atlantic City Expressway, near mile marker 24.9. The wreckage was "mostly intact and contained within the immediate crash scene." Nearby treetops were sheared, and the main rotor blades were fractured into three, approximately 5-foot sections.
The helicopter had come to rest on its left side, and there was an impact mark on an 18-inch diameter tree, about 55 inches off the ground, near the helicopter's nose.
"The scene had no strong odor of jet fuel." In addition, there was no fuel in the fuel tank, and no fuel in the fuel filter or fuel lines, but some fuel and dirt in the fuel filter bowl.
The fuel shut-off valve was found in the open position, and the battery master switch was off.
Weather, reported at an airport about 10 miles to the east, about the time of the accident, included winds from 020 degrees magnetic at 7 knots, 10 statute miles visibility, and overcast skies at 7,000 feet.
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